Author: Anna Forrester || Date Published: March 21, 2016
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 1.417 percent to 75.314.
With Friday’s performance, the Index is on its third consecutive day in positive territory.
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% |
*Also an 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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The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 1.417 percent to 75.314.
