May 25 Market Close: GovCon Index Up as S&P 500 and NASDAQ Set New Highs

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed up for the sixth consecutive day with the advancers significantly outpacing the decliners 5 to 1. The GovCon Index reached another 30 day high of 95.791, up 0.787 percent. CSRA lead the 30 GovCon Index stocks, up 4.62 percent as they announced the acquisition NES Associates.

All the U.S. indices were up for the sixth consecutive day with the S&P500 and NASDAQ reaching new highs at of 2,415.07 and 6,205.26 respectively. gaining

WTI dropped significantly to close at $48.80 per barrel down 4.98 per cent. At today’s Vienna meeting Iran did not agree with the other OPEC nations to extend the production cuts though March.

Market Summary

INDEX	SETTLEMENT VALUE	DAY NET CHANGE	DAY % CHANGE	Y-T-D NET CHANGE	Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index	95.791	+0.949	+0.787%	+7.814	+8.88%
S&P 500	2,415.07	+10.68	+0.44%	+163.50	+7.26%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	21,082.95	+70.53	+0.34%	+1,210.09	+6.09%
NASDAQ	6,205.26	+42.23	+0.69%	+779.64	+14.37%

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	25
Declining GovCon Index Issues	5
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
CSRA *	CSRA *	31.01	+1.37	+4.62%
COL	Rockwell Collins	106.91	+2.95	+2.84%
EGL	Engility Holdings	27.99	+0.77	+2.83%
SAIC	SAIC	76.50	+1.56	+2.08%
LLL*	L3 Technologies *	167.99	+3.16	+1.92%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
LLL*	L3 Technologies *	167.99	+3.16	+1.92%
NOC*	Northrop Grumman *	256.52	+3.14	+1.24%
COL	Rockwell Collins	106.91	+2.95	+2.84%
HII	Huntington Ingalls	197.44	+2.19	+1.12%
CACI	CACI Intern.	126.80	+2.05	+1.64%