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February 25 Market Close: GovCon Index Dips on Mixed Day for US Markets


GovConIndexDOWNThe GovCon Index ended a string of two consecutive flat trading days Wednesday with a decline of 0.293 points to 70.715.

U.S. stocks held level across-the-board on a day that saw Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen testify to the House Financial Services Committee and the release of data that showed a 0.2 percent decline in new single-family home sales during January, CNBC reports.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 15.38 points to 18, 224.57, the S&P 500 composite index dipped 1.62 points to 2, 113.86 and the NASDAQ composite index lost 0.98 points to 4, 967.14.

Top Percentage Gainers

  Company   Stock Price   $ Change   % Change
  Serco Inc.   3.45   0.16   4.86%
  AECOM Technology   30.00   0.58   1.97%
  Huntington Ingalls   142.07   2.40   1.72%
  Navistar   30.16   0.51   1.72%
  Computer Sciences Corp.   54.30   0.71   1.32%

Market Summary

  Advancing Issues    11 (36.66%)
  Declining Issues    19 (53.33%)
  Unchanged Issues      0

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

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