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August 22nd Market Close: GovConIndex and Major Indices Close Up


The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued on its upward direction to close at 100.305 up 1.202 percent. Advancing shares outpaced decliners 6 to 1. Navistar International, ManTech International, AECOM, and SAIC all closed up more than 2.0 percent on the day.

The major indices all closed up on the speculation that the Trump administration may be gaining some traction on reforming the tax codes. The S&P500 advanced 0.99 percent to 2,452.51, while DJIA moved up by 0.90 percent to  21,899.89, and the NASDAQ Composite reversed yesterday’s negative direction to close up by 1.36 percent to 6,297.48.

Crude oil closed up on the day. WTI on the NY Mercantile Exchange ended the day positive 0.59 percent to $47.65 per barrel.

Market Summary

INDEXSETTLEMENT VALUEDAY NET CHANGEDAY % CHANGE Y-T-D NET CHANGEY-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index100.305+1.279+1.202% +12.328+14.01%
S&P 500 2,452.51+24.14+0.99% +200.94+8.92%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 21,899.89+196.14+0.90% +2027.03+10.20%
NASDAQ 6,297.48+84.35+1.36% +871.86+16.07%
Advancing GovCon Index Issues26
Declining GovCon Index Issues4
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change ▴% Change
 NAV Navistar Int’l30.81+0.81+2.70%
 MANT ManTech Int’l38.62+0.99+2.63%
 ACM AECOM31.25+0.78+2.56%
 SAIC SAIC 71.20+1.52+2.18%
 CACI CACI Int’l Inc. 126.25+2.40+1.94%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change ▴% Change
 NOC* Northrop Grumman*272.82+5.12+1.91%
 BA* Boeing*239.75+4.07+1.73%
 HII Huntington Ingalls Industries207.73+3.81+1.87%
 LMT* Lockheed Martin*304.80+2.92+0.97%
 GD* General Dynamics Corp.*201.23+2.50+1.26%

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Decliners

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change ▾% Change
 GIB CGI Group 49.81-0.17-0.34%
 CSRA* CSRA* 31.71-0.08-0.25%
 CAE CAE16.26-0.03-0.18%

*Companies Included in S&P500 Index

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