The GovCon Index climbed for a second consecutive day with a gain of 0.541Â points to 69.008.The Wall Street Journal called Friday a “quiet day” and cited next week’s jobs report and the start of earnings season as trends to watch.
Investors continue to worry over how a strengthening U.S. dollar could impact earnings for multinational companies.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 34.43 points to 17, 712.66, the S&P 500 composite index climbed 4.87 points to 2, 061.02 and the NASDAQ composite index increased 27.86 points to 2, 891.22.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â Harris Corp. | Â 76.75 | Â 3.47 | Â 4.74 |
| Â SAIC | Â 54.36 | Â 1.69 | Â 3.21 |
| Â ManTech Intl Corp. | Â 34.09 | Â 0.88 | Â 2.65 |
| Â Booz Allen Hamilton | Â 29.20 | Â 0.58 | Â 2.03 |
| Â Exelis Inc. | Â 24.22 | Â 0.39 | Â 1.64 |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â Â 23 (76.67%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â 7 (23.33%) |
| Â Unchanged Issues | Â Â 0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.
