July 24th Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Up and Major Indices Close Mixed

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up for the third consecutive day to 98.461. Advancers barely outpaced decliners at 16 to 14.

The major indices closed mixed on the day with the S&P500 at 2,469.94, while DJIA closed at 21,513.58. The NASDAQ Composite settled at a new record high of 6,410.81.

Crude oil ended the day up, reversing the slump experienced in the latter half of last week. WTI on the NY Mercantile Exchange posted a gain of 1.40 percent to $46.41 per barrel.

Market Summary

INDEX	SETTLEMENT VALUE	DAY NET CHANGE	DAY % CHANGE	Y-T-D NET CHANGE	Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index	98.461	+0.123	+0.125%	+10.484	+11.92%
S&P 500	2,469.94	-2.60	-0.11%	+218.37	+9.70%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	21,513.58	-66.49	-0.31%	+1,640.72	+8.26%
NASDAQ	6,410.81	+23.05	+1.40%	+985.19	+18.16%

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	16
Declining GovCon Index Issues	14
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
VEC	Vectrus	34.83	+0.47	+1.37%
NAV	Navistar Int’l	29.75	+0.34	+1.16%
HON*	Honeywell Int’l Inc.*	137.71	+1.36	+1.00%
GIB	CGI Group	53.02	+0.37	+0.70%
TXT*	Textron Inc.*	48.79	+0.30	+0.62%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
LMT*	Lockheed Martin*	290.50	+1.38	+0.48%
HON*	Honeywell Int’l Inc.*	137.71	+1.36	+1.00%
LLL*	L3 Technologies*	177.68	+1.06	+0.60%
MCK*	McKesson Corp.*	166.74	+0.82	+0.49%
COL	Rockwell Collins Inc.	109.86	+0.55	+0.50%