September 12th Market Close: GovConIndex Up, Major Indices Reach New Highs

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up 0.478 percent to 102.351, reaching a second new 30 day high. Advancing outpaced declining shares 2 to 1.

Investors responded positively to better than expected damage reports from Hurricane Irma. All three major indices reached new highs. The S&P500 closed up 0.34 percent to 2,496.48, while the DJIA gained 0.28 percent to 22,118.86, and the NASDAQ Composite moved up 0.28 percent to close at 6,454.28.

Crude oil advanced on the day with WTI on the NY Mercantile Exchange closing up 0.27 percent to $48.20 per barrel.

Market Summary

INDEX	SETTLEMENT VALUE	DAY NET CHANGE	DAY % CHANGE	Y-T-D NET CHANGE	Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index	102.351	+0.170	+0.478%	+14.347	+16.34%
S&P 500	2,496.48	+8.37	+0.34%	+244.91	+10.88%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	22,118.86	+61.49	+0.28%	+2,246.00	+11.30%
NASDAQ	6,454.28	+22.02	+0.28%	+1,028.66	+18.96%

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	20
Declining GovCon Index Issues	9
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	1

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
KBR	KBR	17.54	+0.43	+2.51%
TXT*	Textron, Inc.*	52.41	+1.22	+2.38%
ACM	AECOM	34.07	+0.69	+2.07%
ICFI	ICF	49.90	+0.90	+1.84%
SAIC	SAIC	62.17	+0.86	+1.40%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
HII	Huntington Ingalls Industries	213.56	+1.78	+0.84%
CACI	CACI Int’l Inc.	131.95	+1.75	+1.34%
TXT*	Textron, Inc.*	52.41	+1.22	+2.38%
LLL*	L3 Technologies*	184.40	+1.14	+0.62%
ICFI	ICF	49.90	+0.90	+1.84%