The GovCon Index ended the trading week with a gain of 0.711 points — or 0.990 percent — to close at 71.121 on Friday.
Energy stocks recovered ground as the price of crude oil increased 4.71 percent on the New York Mercantile Exchange to close at $48.43 and the ratio of gainers-to-laggers on the New York Stock Exchange was nearly three-to-one, CNBC reports.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.10 percent to 17, 511.57; the S&P 500 composite index gained 1.34 percent to 2, 019.42; and the NASDAQ composite index rose 1.39 percent to 4, 634.38.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â AECOM Technology | Â 25.80 | Â 0.88 | Â 3.53% |
| Â ManTech International | Â 31.52 | Â 0.88 | Â 2.87% |
| Â Â Engility Holdings | Â 42.82 | Â 1.13 | Â 2.71% |
| Â CGI Group | Â 38.94 | Â 0.95 | Â 2.50% |
| Â Navistar | Â 31.64 | Â 0.74 | Â 2.39% |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â 27 (90.00%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â 3 (10.00%) |
| Â Unchanged Issues | Â Â 0 |
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.
