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

INDEXSETTLEMENT VALUEDAY NET CHANGEDAY % CHANGE Y-T-D NET CHANGEY-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index95.728-0.062-0.162%+7.751+8.81%
S&P 5002,415.82+0.75+0.03%+164.25+7.29%
Dow Jones Industrial Average21,080.28-2.67-0.01%+1,207.42+6.08% 
NASDAQ6,210.19+4.94+0.08%+784.57+14.46% 
Advancing GovCon Index Issues13
Declining GovCon Index Issues17
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –´% Change
CAECAE16.27+0.17+1.06%
SAICSAIC77.17+0.67+0.88%
NAVNavistar 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

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –´% Change
LMT*Lockheed Martin*283.64+1.59+0.56%
GD*General Dynamics *202.24+1.15+0.57%
SAICSAIC77.17+0.67+0.88%
NOCNorthrop Grumman *256.99+0.47+0.18%
CACICACI Intern. 127.20 +0.40+0.32%

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Decliners

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –¾% Change
CSRA *CSRA *30.46-0.56-1.77%
EGLEngility Holdings27.53-0.46-1.64%
 KBRKBR14.63 -0.17-1.20%

*Companies Included in S&P500 Index

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