The GovCon Index traded higher in Wednesday’s session to record a gain of 0.479 points and end the day at 73.965.
U.S. stocks showed little movement during a trading session that saw investors react to data that showed the Eurozone’s economy grew at its fastest three-month pace in close to two years, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Retail sales held flat in April at $436.8 billion, a figure that fell short of many analysts’ expectations but did not change their outlook for the year, the Journal reports.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 7.74 points to 18, 060.49, the S&P 500 composite index recorded a negative 0.64-point change to 2, 098.48 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 5.50 points to 4, 981.69.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â AECOM Technology | Â Â 33.17 | Â Â 2.20 | Â Â 7.10% |
| Â Â Engility Holdings | Â Â 25.38 | Â Â 1.62 | Â Â 6.82% |
| Â Leidos Holdings | Â Â 40.49 | Â Â 0.86 | Â Â 2.17% |
| Â Honeywell | Â Â 104.44 | Â Â 2.13 | Â Â 2.08% |
| Â SAIC | Â Â 51.92 | Â Â 1.00 | Â Â 1.96% |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â 20Â (66.66%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â 10Â (33.33%) |
| 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.
