The GovCon Index bound back from the previous trading day’s loesses Monday with a gain of 0.413 points to 75.561.
U.S. stocks recorded gains across-the-board Monday as investors await the release of housing reports this week as they seek to determine the timing of a potential interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve, according to Bloomberg.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 26.32 points to 18, 298.88, the S&P 500 composite index rose 6.47 points to 2, 129.20 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 30.15 points to 5, 078.44.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Company | Stock Price | $ Change | % Change |
| Orbital ATK | 77.13 | 2.00 | 2.66% |
| Leidos Holdings | 42.31 | 0.93 | 2.25% |
| Engility Holdings | 26.80 | 0.54 | 2.25% |
| Intelsat | 11.25 | 0.19 | 1.72% |
| Health Net | 60.14 | 0.81 | 1.37% |
Market Summary
| Advancing Issues | 22 (73.33%) |
| Declining Issues | 8 (26.66%) |
| Unchanged Issues | 0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.
