The GovCon Index ended Friday with a gain of 0.687 percent ahead of the Thanksgiving week to close at 69.600.
The Wall Street Journal reported a Dow Jones Industrial Average increase of 0.51 percent to close at 17, 810.06, a S&P 500 composite index’s gain of 0.52 percent to 2, 063.50 and a NASDAQ composite index’s rise of 0.24 percent to 4, 712.97.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Company | Stock Price | $ Change | % Change |
| Navistar | 36.25 | 0.84 | 2.37% |
| Orbital | 27.14 | 0.44 | 1.65% |
| Intelsat | 17.25 | 0.27 | 1.59% |
| Honeywell | 98.23 | 1.50 | 1.55% |
| Raytheon | 105.78 | 1.53 | 1.47% |
Market Summary
| Advancing Issues | 25 (83.33%) |
| Declining Issues | 5 (16.66%) |
| Unchanged Issues | 0 (0.00%) |
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.
