October 24th Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Down and Major Indices Close Up

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued its second day of downward direction to close at 109.620 off 0.007 percent with advancing and declining shares evenly split.

The three major indices all advanced for the day as the DJIA set new record highs. Investors responded positively to encouraging earnings reports. The S&P500 closed up 0.16 percent to 2,569.13, while the DJIA closed at 23,441.76 a positive 0.72 percent and the NASDAQ Composite rose to 6,598.43 up 0.18 percent.

WTI crude oil on the NY Mercantile Exchange took a positive jump to $52.46 per barrel up 1.08 percent.

Market Summary

INDEX	SETTLEMENT VALUE	DAY NET CHANGE	DAY % CHANGE	Y-T-D NET CHANGE	Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index	109.620	-0.008	-0.007%	+21.643	+24.60%
S&P 500	2,569.13	+4.15	+0.16%	+317.56	+14.10%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	23,441.76	+167.80	+0.72%	+3,568.90	+17.96%
NASDAQ	6,598.43	+11.60	+0.18%	+1,172.81	+21.62%

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	16
Declining GovCon Index Issues	13
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	1

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
KBR	KBR	18.86	+0.35	+1.89%
CUB	Cubic Corp.	56.10	+0.90	+1.63%
BA*	Boeing*	266.00	+3.68	+1.40%
TXT*	Textron Inc.*	54.42	+0.72	+1.34%
SAIC	SAIC	72.19	+0.74	+1.04%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
BA*	Boeing*	266.00	+3.68	+1.40%
MCK*	McKesson Corp.*	149.75	+1.45	+0.98%
HII	Huntington Ingalls Industries	235.93	+1.35	+0.58%
CUB	Cubic Corp.	56.10	+0.90	+1.63%
SAIC	SAIC	72.19	+0.74	+1.04%