January 5 Morning Report: GovCon Index Down On Final Day of 2014

The GovCon Index retreated on the final day of 2014, closing Wednesday at 70.629, down 0.884 point, or 1.267 percent.

The Nasdaq composite index ended the year at 4, 736.06, down 0.87 percent, the Standard & Poor’s 500 at 2, 058.90, a decline of 1.03 percent, and the Dow Jones industrial average at 17, 823.07,  down 0.89 percent.

Market Summary

Advancing Issues	2 (6.67%)
Declining Issues	28 (93.33%)
Unchanged Issues	0

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