The GovCon Index recovered ground with the larger U.S. financial market Tuesday with a gain of 0.590 points to 78.263 and remains on track for a year-to-date gain of 10 percent with one-and-a-half trading days left in 2015.
As of Tuesday’s close, the Index has risen 10.81 percent from its Dec. 31, 2014, close of 70.629 on a strong fourth-quarter rally from a bleak and volatile July-September period.
U.S. investors snapped up energy stocks that have suffered large losses in 2015 and put the S&P 500 back into positive territory for 2015 at a nearly 1-percent gain on a year-to-date basis, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Volume has been light on markets over the past week due to the Christmas and New Year’s holiday as traders continue to consider commodity declines, slow growth prospects and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike, the Journal said.
Top GovCon Index Gainers
| Symbol | Company | $ Current Price | Net Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAIC | SAIC | 46.74 | +1.29 | +2.84% |
| ICFI | ICF International | 36.11 | +0.76 | +2.15% |
| BA | Boeing | 147.35 | +2.81 | +1.94% |
| GIB | CGI Group | 41.02 | +0.65 | +1.61% |
| OA | Orbital ATK | 90.98 | +0.47 | +1.59% |
Market Summary
| Advancing Issues | 28 |
| Declining Issues | 2 |
| Unchanged Issues | 0 |
| Index | Value | Net Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GovCon Index | 76.636 | +0.171 | +0.220% |
| S&P 500 | 2, 078.36 | +21.86 | +1.06% |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 17, 720.98 | +192.71 | +1.10% |
| NASDAQ | 5, 107.94 | +66.95 | +1.33% |
