August 14th Market Close: GovConIndex and Major Indices Close Up

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued its upward trend from the 11th to close up 1.229 percent to 101.260. Advancing shares outpaced decliners 24 to 6.

The major indices closed up today with the S&P500 advancing 1.00 percent to 2,465.84, while DJIA moved up by 0.62 percent to 21,993.71, and the NASDAQ Composite increased by 1.34 percent to 6,340.23.

Crude oil closed on the day with a drop of 2.68 percent, falling to 47.51.

Market Summary

INDEX	SETTLEMENT VALUE	DAY NET CHANGE	DAY % CHANGE	Y-T-D NET CHANGE	Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index	101.260	+0.959	+1.229%	+13.283	+15.10%
S&P 500	2,465.84	+24.52	+1.00%	+214.27	+9.52%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	21,993.71	+135.39	+0.62%	+2,120.85	+10.67%
NASDAQ	6,340.23	+83.68	+1.34%	+914.61	+16.86%

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	24
Declining GovCon Index Issues	6
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
VEC	Vectrus	30.66	+1.97	+6.87%
EGL	Engility Holdings, Inc.	31.56	+1.22	+4.02%
CUB	Cubic Corp.	43.85	+1.65	+3.91%
NAV	Navistar Int’l	31.19	+0.69	+2.26%
MANT	ManTech Int’l	39.81	+0.79	+2.02%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
LMT*	Lockheed Martin*	307.58	+3.83	+1.26%
GD*	General Dynamics Corp.*	200.30	+2.41	+1.22%
BA*	Boeing*	237.15	+2.27	+0.97%
NOC*	Northrop Grumman*	271.40	+2.12	+0.79%
OA	Orbital ATK, Inc.	108.68	+2.10	+1.97%