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March 9 Market Close: GovCon Index Down, While Stock Markets Close Up and WTI Drops Below $50

March 9 Market Close: GovCon Index Down, While Stock Markets Close Up and WTI Drops Below $50

    Author: David Smith || Date Published: March 9, 2017


    March 9 Market Close: GovCon Index Down, While Stock Markets Close Up and WTI Drops Below $50Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed down for the day to 92.798 off -0.123%, contrary to the major markets which all closed slightly up. Investors wait for the February official U.S. jobs data due to release tomorrow.

    GovCon Index decliners outpaced advancers 19 to 11 as Orbital ATK (NYSE:OA) leds gainers for the second day in a row.

    WTI crude fell below the $50 mark to close at $49.63 per barrel (lowest settlement since November).

    Market Summary

    IndexValueNet Change% Change
    GovCon Index92.798-0.114-0.123%
    S&P 5002,364.87+1.89+0.08%
    Dow Jones Industrial Average20,858.19+2.46+0.01%
    NASDAQ5,838.81+1.25+0.02%
    Advancing GovCon Index Issues11
    Declining GovCon Index Issues19
    Unchanged GovCon Index Issues0

    Top GovCon Index Net Performers

    SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –´% Change
    OAOrbital ATK99.34+2.52+2.60%
    LLLL3 Technologies*169.81+2.26+1.35%
    MCKMcKesson Corp.*149.47+1.64+1.11%
    LMTLockheed Martin*268.68+0.96+0.36%
    NOCNorthrop Grumman*244.12+0.55+0.23%

    Top GovCon Index Percentage Performers

    SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change% Change –´
    OAOrbital ATK99.34+2.52+2.60%
    KBRKBR14.74+0.29+2.01%
    LLLL3 Technologies*169.81+2.26+1.35%
    MCKMcKesson Corp.*149.47+1.64+1.11%
    GIBCGI Group46.59+0.31+0.67%

    GovCon Index Decliners

    SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –¾% Change
    EGLEngility Holdings28.44-2.02-6.63%
    HIIHuntington Ingalls213.70-1.68-0.78%
    BABoeing*180.57-1.17-0.64%

    *Companies Included in S&P500 Index

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