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January 26 Market Close: GovCon Index Dips, US Stocks Flat


GovConIndexDOWNThe GovCon Index held relatively level alongside a largely flat U.S. stock market to record a nominal loss of 0.110 points — or 0.152 percent — and close at 74.447 on Monday.

Traders considered the results from Greece’s national election that saw an anti-austerity party win 149 out of a 300 possible seats in that country’s parliament and a coming winter storm for the East Coast, according to CNBC.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 6.10 points to 17, 678.70, the S&P 500 composite index gained 5.27 points to 2, 057.09 and the NASDAQ composite index increased 13.88 points to 4, 771.76.

Top Percentage Gainers

  Company  Stock Price  $ Change  % Change
  AECOM Technology  26.66  0.70  2.70%
  Booz Allen Hamilton  29.43  0.38  1.31%
  Navistar  31.50  0.39  1.25%
  Intelsat  16.47  0.19  1.17%
  Cubic Corp.  52.95  0.47  0.90%

Market Summary

  Advancing Issues  15 (50.00%)
  Declining Issues  15 (50.00%)
  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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