July 28th Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Up While Major Indices Close Mixed

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up today at 99.374. Advancers outpaced by decliners today at 22 to 7.

The major indices closed mixed on the day with the S&P500 closing down at 2,472.10, while DJIA closed up at 21,830.31. The NASDAQ Composite dropped again today, closing at 6,374.68.

Crude oil ended the day up for the fifth day in a row. WTI on the NY Mercantile Exchange posted a gain of 0.66 percent to $49.70 per barrel.

Market Summary

INDEX	SETTLEMENT VALUE	DAY NET CHANGE	DAY % CHANGE	Y-T-D NET CHANGE	Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index	99.374	+0.819	+0.693%	+11.397	+12.95%
S&P 500	2,472.10	-3.32	-0.13%	+220.53	+9.79%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	21,830.31	+33.76	+0.15%	+1,957.45	+9.85%
NASDAQ	6,374.68	-7.51	-0.12%	+949.06	+17.49%

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	22
Declining GovCon Index Issues	7
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	1

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
COL	Rockwell Collins, Inc.	113.73	+4.71	+4.32%
GD*	General Dynamics Corp.*	197.94	+4.10	+2.12%
VEC	Vectrus	34.61	+0.58	+1.70%
TXT*	Textron Inc.*	49.25	+0.75	+1.55%
MANT	ManTech Int’l	39.38	+0.58	+1.49%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
COL	Rockwell Collins, Inc.	113.73	+4.71	+4.32%
GD*	General Dynamics Corp.*	197.94	+4.10	+2.12%
NOC*	Northrop Grumman*	264.10	+3.34	+1.28%
HII	Huntington Ingalls Industries	205.65	+2.81	+1.39%
RTN*	Raytheon*	172.02	+2.49	+1.47%