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October 12th Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Up Reverse to the Major Indices Closing Down


The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) moved upward to close at 109.761, up 0.376 percent with advancing shares outpacing declining 21 to 8.

The three major indices all closed negative with the S&P500 down 0.17 percent to 2,550.93, while the DJIA closed at 22,841.01 off 0.14 percent, and the NASDAQ Composite declined 0.18 percent at 6,591.51.

WTI crude oil on the NY Mercantile Exchange closed down however, remains above the $50.00 mark. WTI was in the negative for the entire day and at market close settled at $50.65 per barrel, down 1.27 percent.

Market Summary

INDEXSETTLEMENT VALUEDAY NET CHANGEDAY % CHANGE Y-T-D NET CHANGEY-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index 109.761+0.525+0.376%+21.784+24.76%
S&P 5002,550.93-4.31-0.17%+299.36+13.30%
Dow Jones Industrial Average22,841.01-31.88-0.14%+2,968.15+14.94%
NASDAQ6,591.51-12.04-0.18%+1,165.89+21.49%
Advancing GovCon Index Issues 21
Declining GovCon Index Issues 8
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues 1

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change ▴% Change
 BAH Booz Allen Hamilton38.33 +0.83+2.21%
 NAV Navistar Int’l 43.74 +0.61+1.41%
 NOC* Northrop Grumman* 298.68 +3.49+1.18%
 CSRA* CSRA* 31.38 +0.35+1.13%
 RTN* Raytheon* 188.91 +1.69+0.90%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change ▴% Change
 NOC* Northrop Grumman*298.68+3.49+1.18%
 LMT* Lockheed Martin*321.15 +2.56+0.80%
 RTN* Raytheon* 188.91 +1.69+0.90%
 HII Huntington Ingalls Industries235.44 +1.51+0.65%
 LLL* L3 Technologies*188.82 +1.16+0.62%

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Decliners

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change ▾% Change
 SAIC SAIC69.18 -0.55-0.79%
 TXT* Textron, Inc.* 53.55 -0.37-0.69%
 EGL Engility Holdings, Inc.34.57 -0.18-0.52%

*Companies Included in S&P500 Index

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