The GovCon Index closed Thursday at 74.719 to end last week’s final trading day with a decline of 0.081 points.Health Net (NYSE: HNT) soared 10.01 percent over news of its $6.3 billion acquisition from health insurer Centene (NYSE: CNC).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average went down 27.80 points to 17, 730.11, the Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index closed declined 0.64 points to 2, 076.78 and the NASDAQ composite index slipped 3.91 points to 5, 009.21.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â $ Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â Â Health Net | Â Â 71.57 | Â Â 6.51 | Â 10.01% |
| Â Â Serco Group | Â Â 1.996 | Â Â 0.066 | Â Â 3.42% |
| Â Â ICF International | Â Â 35.98 | Â Â 0.63 | Â Â 1.78% |
| Â Â CGI Group | Â Â 39.84 | Â Â 0.55 | Â Â 1.40% |
| Â Â Harris Corp. | Â Â 77.74 | Â Â 0.36 | Â Â 0.47% |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â Â Â 8 (26.66%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â 22 (73.33%) |
| Â Unchanged Issues | Â Â Â 0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.
