The GovCon Index closed down slightly 0.078 points to 78.195 with armored truck manufacturer Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) and CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) posting the largest percentage loses.
CSRA conducted their fourth-quarter and full-year earnings call yesterday after the market close and posted mixed results, as reported in GovCon Wire .
U.S. stocks closed mixed on Thursday in spite of strong reports for the month of April on durable goods orders and sales of new and existing homes.
Both WTI and Brent crude oil futures flirted above the $50 per barrel mark during the course of the trading day, and both retracted and closed slightly down to $49.35 and $49.43, respectively.
Top GovCon Index Net Gainers
Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change ´ % Change HII Huntington Ingalls 154.22 +2.40 +1.58% LMT Lockheed Martin* 241.54 +0.70 +0.29% BA Boeing* 129.31 +0.45 +0.35% ICFI ICF International 40.57 +0.40 +1.00% HRS Harris Corp.* 79.76 +0.40 +0.50%
Top GovCon Index Percentage Gainers
Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change % Change ´ HII Huntington Ingalls 154.22 +2.40 +1.58% VEC Vectrus 24.86 +0.37 +1.51% ICFI ICF International 40, 57 +0.40 +1.00% CUB Cubic Corp. 40.89 +0.39 +0.96% LDOS Leidos Holdings 49.76 +0.27 +0.55%
*Also listed in the S&P 500 composite index
Market Summary
Advancing GovCon Index Issues 13 Declining GovCon Index Issues 16 Unchanged GovCon Index Issues 1
Index Value Net Change % Change GovCon Index 78.195 -0.078 -0.100% S&P 500 2, 090.10 -0.44 -0.02% Dow Jones Industrial Average 17, 828.29 -23.22 -0.13% NASDAQ 4, 901.77 +6.88 +0.14%
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