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

    David Smith || May 30, 2017


    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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