July 31st Morning Report: Friday Close - GovConIndex Ends Week Up, With Markets Weekly Performance Mixed

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) ended the week up closing Friday at 99.374, advancing 1.0 percent from Monday’s open.

The major indices closed mixed on Friday. The S&P500 gave back earlier gains from the week to close unchanged from the Monday open. The DJIA posted a 291 point gain for the week. The NASDAQ Composite posted gains earlier in the week that were reversed on poor earnings reports from technology companies.

Crude oil ended Friday on a strong note, up for the fifth day in a row. WTI on the NY Mercantile Exchange closed at $49.70 per barrel, up more that $3.50, or 7.50 percent.

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%