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November 3 Morning Report: GovCon Index to Open at 68.417


GovConIndexThe GovCon Index closed Friday at 68.417, up 0.714 or 1.033 percent.

Market indicators ended the month of October on a high Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average adding 195.10 points (1.1 percent) to end at 17, 390.52, according to a Market Watch report.

Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 23.40 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at 2, 018.05, and the Nasdaq composite gained 64.60 points (1.4 percent) to 4, 630.74.

 

Top Percentage Gainers

CompanyStock Price% Change
ATK116.966.14%
Exelis Inc.17.854.26%
BAE Systems Inc.29.371.52%
SAIC48.911.52%
Booz Allen Hamilton26.351.46%
Navistar35.371.46%

Market Summary

Advancing Issues28 (93.33%)
Declining Issues2 (6.67%)
Unchanged Issues0

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) Companies.

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