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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