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January 26 Morning Report: GovCon Index Closes Friday with Slight Gain


GovConIndexUPThe GovCon Index recorded a gain of 0.211 points (0.290%) to close at a new all-time high of 72.557 on Friday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 141.38 points to 17, 672.60, the Standard &Poor’s 500 was down 11.33 points at 2, 051.82 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 7.48 points to 4, 757.88.

Top Percentage Gainers

  Company  Stock Price  $ Change  % Change
  Orbital  29.97  2.34  8.47%
  Honeywell  102.50  3.11  3.13%
  ATK  131.84  3.62  2.82%
  Engility Holdings  42.69  0.85  2.03%
  Computer Sciences Corp.  64.45  0.89  1.40%

Market Summary

  Advancing Issues  16 (53.33%)
  Declining Issues  14 (46.66%)
  Unchanged Issues    0

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.

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