March 18 Market Close: GovCon Index Ends Week With a Three Day Positive Streak

The GovCon Index continued it positive trend for the third consecutive day closing up 1.417% to 75.314.

According to Bloomberg, the Dow and S&P 500 closed Friday in positive territory for 2016. Strong performance from emerging market stocks, and oil prices helped prop up stock prices.

Top GovCon Index Gainers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change	% Change
I	Intelsat	2.60	0.12	+4.84%
MCK	McKesson Corp*	158.31	6.62	+4.36%
VEC	Vectrus Inc.	22.58	0.87	+4.01%
EGL	Engility Holdings	18.53	0.66	+3.69%
TXT	Textron*	36.17	1.20	+3.43%

S&P 500 Company

Market Summary

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	26
Declining GovCon Index Issues	4
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	0

Index	Value	Net Change	% Change
GovCon Index	75.341	+1.053	+1.417%
S&P 500	2, 049.56	+8.97	+0.44%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	17, 602.30	+120.81	+0.69%
NASDAQ	4, 795.65	+20.66	+0.43%

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