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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


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

    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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