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October 17th Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Down While Major Indices Close Mixed

October 17th Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Down While Major Indices Close Mixed

    Author: Nicholas Hoffman || Date Published: October 17, 2017


    The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed down for the second consecutive day to settle at 108.763 off 0.460 percent.  Declining shares outpaced advancing 6 to 1.

    The three major indices closed mixed with the S&P500 and DJIA closing at new highs and the NASDAQ Composite ending the day in the negative The S&P500 closed up 0.07 percent to 2,559.36, while the DJIA broke through 23,000 during the trading day however, closed at 22,997.44 a positive 0.18 percent, and the NASDAQ Composite declined 0.01 percent to end the day at 6,623.66.

    WTI crude oil on the NY Mercantile Exchange topped the $52.00 mark to close up 0.27 percent to $52.01 per barrel.

    Market Summary

    INDEXSETTLEMENT VALUEDAY NET CHANGEDAY % CHANGE Y-T-D NET CHANGEY-T-D % CHANGE
    GovCon Index 108.763-0.416-0.460%+20.786+23.63%
    S&P 5002,559.36+1.72+0.07% +177.82+7.90%
    Dow Jones Industrial Average22,997.44+40.48+0.18% +3,124.58+15.72%
    NASDAQ6,623.66-0.35-0.01%+1,198.04+22.08%
    Advancing GovCon Index Issues4
    Declining GovCon Index Issues 26
    Unchanged GovCon Index Issues 0

    Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

    SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –´% Change
     KBR KBR 18.49 +0.20+1.09%
     GIB CGI Group 53.37 +0.53+1.00%
     HRS* Harris Corp.* 136.09 +0.19+0.14%
     ICFI ICF 55.25 +0.05+0.09%


    Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Decliners

    SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –¾% Change
     EGL Engility Holdings, Inc. 33.73 -0.55-1.60%
     NAV Navistar Int’l 41.99 -0.66-1.55%
     SAIC SAIC 67.89 -0.92-1.34%

    *Companies Included in S&P500 Index

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