October 3rd Market Close: GovConIndex and Market Indices Move Positive to Again Set New Highs

The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued its strong performance gaining 0.115 percent, setting another record mark of 108.585 with advancing shares slightly outpacing declining 17 to 13.

The markets continued their positive direction, once again reaching new record highs as car manufacturing reported the best month of the year. The S&P500 was up 0.22 percent to 2,534.58, while the DJIA closed at 22,641.67 a positive 0.37 percent, and the NASDAQ Composite advanced 0.23 percent to close at 6,531.71.

WTI crude oil on the NY Mercantile Exchange remained above $50 per barrel; however, spent the day in the negative closing down 0.42 percent to $50.37 per barrel.

Market Summary

INDEX	SETTLEMENT VALUE	DAY NET CHANGE	DAY % CHANGE	Y-T-D NET CHANGE	Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index	108.585	+0.115	+0.106%	+20.608	+23.42%
S&P 500	2,528.75	+2.5	+0.10%	+277.18	+12.31%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	22,540.00	+33.0	+0.15%	+2,667.14	+13.42%
NASDAQ	5992.00	+11.5	+0.19%	+566.38	+10.44%

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	+17
Declining GovCon Index Issues	– 13
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
VEC	Vectrus	32.10	+0.38	+1.20%
HII	Huntington Ingalls Industries	232.00	+2.07	+0.90%
GD	General Dynamics Corporation*	210.53	+1.81	+0.87%
MANT	ManTech International	45.45	+0.38	+0.84%
ICFI	ICF	55.50	+0.45	+0.82%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
HII	Huntington Ingalls Industries	232.00	+2.07	+0.90%
GD	General Dynamics Corporation*	210.53	+1.81	+0.87%
LMT	Lockheed Martin*	312.86	+1.53	+0.49%
NOC	Northrop Grumman*	291.08	+1.18	+0.41%
COL	Rockwell Collins, Inc.	132.22	+0.76	+0.58%