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  • Thursday, April 25, 2024

April 27 Morning Report: GovCon Index Down on Friday’s Close


GovConIndexDOWNThe GovCon Index closed down 0.238 points at 75.901 on Friday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 21.45 points to 18, 080.14, the Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index climbed 4.77 points to 2, 117.70 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 36.02 points to 5, 092.08.

Top Percentage Gainers

  Company  Stock Price  $ Change  % Change
  Serco Inc.  2.60  0.09  3.59%
  BAE Systems Inc.  31.18  0.67  2.20%
  Navistar  30.16  0.41  1.38%
  General Dynamics  134.10  1.30  0.98%
  Healthnet  58.28  0.41  0.71%

Market Summary

  Advancing Issues   10 (33.33%)
  Declining Issues   20 (66.66%)
  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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