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February 4 Market Close: GovCon Index Records Flat Day, US Stocks React to ECB’s Greece Decision


GovConIndexUPThe GovCon Index saw a relatively flat day of trading Wednesday with a nominal gain of 0.065 points — or 0.089 percent — to close at 72.726.

Most U.S. stocks fell late in the trading day after the European Central Bank said it would suspend a waiver to let banks use the Greek government’s debt as collateral for loans, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 6.62 points to 17, 673.02, the S&P 500 composite index slipped 8.52 points to 2, 041.51 and the NASDAQ composite index dipped 11.03 points to 4, 716.70.

Top Percentage Gainers

  Company   Stock Price   $ Change   % Change
  Engility Holdings   44.96   2.02   4.70%
  Healthnet   55.38   1.00   1.84%
  ATK   138.04   1.69   1.24%
  BAE Systems Inc.   32.08   0.31   0.98%
  Computer Sciences Corp.   62.63   0.58   0.93%

Market Summary

  Advancing Issues    14 (46.66%)
  Declining Issues    16 (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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