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November 3rd Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Down While Major Indices Close Up

November 3rd Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Down While Major Indices Close Up

    Author: Nicholas Hoffman || Date Published: November 3, 2017


    November 3rd Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Down While Major Indices Close Up

    The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed down 0.393 percent to 108.099. Advancing and declining shares were split evenly.

    The three major indices all closed in the positive. The S&P500 closed up 0.31 percent to 2,587.84, while the DJIA closed at 23,539.19 a positive 0.10 percent and the NASDAQ Composite advanced 0.74 percent to 6,764.44.

    WTI crude oil on the NY Mercantile Exchange spent the first half of the day in negative to sharply climb, closing up 2.13 percent to 55.70per barrel.

    Market Summary

    INDEXSETTLEMENT VALUEDAY NET CHANGEDAY % CHANGE Y-T-D NET CHANGEY-T-D % CHANGE
    GovCon Index 108.099-0.425-0.393%+20.122+22.87%
    S&P 500 2,587.84+7.99+0.31% +336.27+14.93%
    Dow Jones Industrial Average23,539.19+22.93+0.10% +3,666.33+18.45%
    NASDAQ6,764.44+49.49+0.74% +1,338.82+24.68%
    Advancing GovCon Index Issues 14
    Declining GovCon Index Issues 16
    Unchanged GovCon Index Issues 0

    Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

    SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –´% Change
     KBR KBR 20.28 +0.59+3.00%
     HRS Harris Corp. 139.41 +2.29+1.67%
     BAESY BAE Systems 31.41 +0.48+1.55%
     LDOS Leidos 63.66 +0.84+1.34%
     GIB CGI Group53.25 +0.48+0.91%

    Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

    SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –´% Change
     HRS Harris Corp.139.41 +2.29+1.67%
     LDOS Leidos 63.66 +0.84+1.34%
     RTN* Raytheon* 184.71 +0.66+0.36%
     KBR KBR 20.28 +0.59+3.00%
     MCK* McKesson Corp.* 137.61 +0.56+0.41%

    Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Decliners

    SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change –¾% Change
     EGL Engility Holdings, Inc.27.93 -5.89-17.42%
     ICFI ICF 50.90 -2.70-5.04%
     CUB Cubic Corp. 53.75 -1.85-3.33%

    *Companies Included in S&P500 Index

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