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.