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May 30 Morning Report: Friday Close – GovCon Index and all Indices Up for the Week


Even though the Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed down on Friday it was up 3.0 percent for the week. The weekly GovCon Index leaders were SAIC up 6.6 percent, McKesson and General Dynamics both up 2.5 percent.

All the U.S. indices showed little movement at Friday’s close. All the indices were up for the week with the S&P 500 up 1.08 percent, the DJIA up 0.90 percent, and the NASDAQ up 1.62 percent.

WTI reversed it’s significant drop form Thursday to close up Friday 1.82 percent to $49.79 per barrel. On the week WTI closed down 0.57 percent even as OPEC attempted to shore global crude prices by extending production cutes through March 2018.

  Market Summary

INDEX SETTLEMENT VALUE DAY NET CHANGE DAY % CHANGE   Y-T-D NET CHANGE Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index 95.728 -0.062 -0.162% +7.751 +8.81%
S&P 500 2,415.82 +0.75 +0.03% +164.25 +7.29%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 21,080.28 -2.67 -0.01% +1,207.42 +6.08% 
NASDAQ 6,210.19 +4.94 +0.08% +784.57 +14.46% 
Advancing GovCon Index Issues 13
Declining GovCon Index Issues 17
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues 0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change ▴ % Change
CAE CAE 16.27 +0.17 +1.06%
SAIC SAIC 77.17 +0.67 +0.88%
NAV Navistar Intern. 26.92 +0.16 +0.60%
GD * General Dynamics * 202.24 +1.15 +0.57%
LMT* Lockheed Martin *  283.65  +1.59 +0.56%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change ▴ % Change
LMT* Lockheed Martin* 283.64 +1.59 +0.56%
GD* General Dynamics * 202.24 +1.15 +0.57%
SAIC SAIC 77.17 +0.67 +0.88%
NOC Northrop Grumman * 256.99 +0.47 +0.18%
CACI CACI Intern.  127.20  +0.40 +0.32%

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Decliners

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change ▾ % Change
CSRA * CSRA * 30.46 -0.56 -1.77%
EGL Engility Holdings 27.53 -0.46 -1.64%
 KBR KBR 14.63  -0.17 -1.20%

*Companies Included in S&P500 Index

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