Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a 1.579-percent gain to 80.813 and ended the week up 1.342 percent.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) and Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) reached 52-week highs in Friday intraday trade.
Friday’s performance comes as the Labor Department reports that non-farm businesses added 287, 000 new jobs in June to exceed analyst expectations.
Top GovCon Index Net Gainers
| Symbol | Company | $ Current Price | Net Change –´ | % Change |
|---|
| BA | Boeing* | 130.09 | 2.92 | 2.30% |
| LLL | L-3 Communications* | 149.72 | 2.92 | 1.99% |
| HON | Honeywell International* | 118.84 | 2.73 | 2.35% |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin* | 251.90 | 2.13 | 0.85% |
| HRS | Harris Corp.* | 84.20 | 1.93 | 2.35% |
Top GovCon Index Percentage Gainers
| Symbol | Company | $ Current Price | Net Change | % Change –´ |
|---|
| NAV | Navistar International | 12.04 | 0.83 | 7.40% |
| I | Intelsat | 2.62 | 0.18 | 7.38% |
| EGL | Engility Holdings | 24.51 | 1.50 | 6.52% |
| VEC | Vectrus | 29.85 | 1.16 | 4.04% |
| TXT | Textron* | 36.99 | 1.28 | 3.58% |
*Also listed in the S&P 500 composite index
Market Summary
| Advancing GovCon Index Issues | 29 |
| Declining GovCon Index Issues | 1 |
| Unchanged GovCon Index Issues | 0 |
| Index | Value | Net Change | % Change |
|---|
| GovCon Index | 80.813 | +1.256 | +1.579% |
| S&P 500 | 2, 129.90 | +32.00 | +1.53% |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 18, 146.74 | +250.86 | +1.40% |
| NASDAQ | 4, 956.76 | +79.95 | +1.64% |
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Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a 1.579-percent gain to 80.813 and ended the week up 1.342 percent.
