July 31st Market Close: GovConIndex and Major Indices All Have a Positive July

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) ended todays trading down 0.359 percent. The GCI turned in a strong July performance closing at 98.961 up 3.31 points or 3.45 percent.

The major indices closed mixed for the day. The S&P500 closed the last July trading day slightly down, however posting a 1.47 percent gain for the month. The DJIA was up for the day and for the month, while The NASDAQ Composite was down on the day it posted 3.2 percent gain for the month.

Crude oil closed the month with the sixth day of gains and posted the single largest monthly gain this year. WTI on the NY Mercantile Exchange closed today at $50.30 per barrel, up 1.19 percent.

Market Summary

INDEX	SETTLEMENT VALUE	DAY NET CHANGE	DAY % CHANGE	Y-T-D NET CHANGE	Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index	98.962	-0.413	-0.357%	+10.985	+12.49%
S&P 500	2,470.33	-1.77	-0.07%	+218.76	+9.72%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	21,891.19	+60.88	+0.28%	+2,018.33	+10.16%
NASDAQ	6,348.12	-26.55	-0.42%	+922.50	+17.00%

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	11
Declining GovCon Index Issues	19
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
ACM	AECOM	31.90	+0.32	+1.01%
MANT	ManTech Int’l	39.72	+0.34	+0.86%
NAV	Navistar Int’l	30.77	+0.25	+0.82%
CUB	Cubic Corp.	47.65	+0.30	+0.63%
CAE	CAE	16.97	+0.10	+0.59%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
LMT*	Lockheed Martin*	292.13	+1.72	+0.59%
BA*	Boeing*	242.46	+1.19	+0.49%
HII	Huntington Ingalls Industries	206.11	+0.46	+0.22%
MANT	ManTech Int’l	39.72	+0.34	+0.86%
ACM	AECOM	31.90	+0.32	+1.01%