September 25th Morning Report: Friday Close - GovCon Index Moves Up; Three Index's Mixed

At the close of market on Friday The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued to move up in posting its sixth consecutive day of gains. The GCI closed at 106.332 up 0.776 percent with advancing shares outpacing declining 3 to 1. The GCI advanced for the week by 2.20 points or 2.11 percent.

The S&P500 ended Friday at 2,502.22 up by 0.06 percent, while the DJIA fell 0.04 percent to 22,349.59, and the NASDAQ Composite was up 0.07 percent to 6,426.92. The Index’s posted minor changes for the week with the S&P500 down 0.16 percent, the DJIA advancing 0.02 percent, and the NASDAQ Composite declined 0.66 percent

Crude oil continued its positive direction with WTI on the NY Mercantile Exchange closing up 0.18 percent to $50.64 per barrel. WTI was north of the $50 per barrel mark for most of the week.

Market Summary

INDEX	SETTLEMENT VALUE	DAY NET CHANGE	DAY % CHANGE	Y-T-D NET CHANGE	Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index	106.332	+0.518	+0.776%	+18.355	+20.86%
S&P 500	2,502.22	+1.62	+0.06%	+250.65	+11.13%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	22,349.59	-9.64	-0.04%	+2,476.73	+12.46%
NASDAQ	6,426.92	+4.23	+0.07%	+1,001.30	+18.46%

Advancing GovCon Index Issues	22
Declining GovCon Index Issues	7
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues	1

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
CUB	Cubic Corp.	51.60	+4.80	+10.26%
ACM	AECOM	35.54	+0.60	+1.72%
CACI	CACI Int’l Inc.	136.55	+2.15	+1.60%
VEC	Vectrus	29.57	+0.44	+1.51%
EGL	Engility Holdings, Inc.	32.98	+0.49	+1.51%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol	Company	$ Current Price	Net Change –´	% Change
CUB	Cubic Corp.	51.60	+4.80	+10.26%
CACI	CACI Int’l Inc.	136.55	+2.15	+1.60%
MCK*	McKesson Corp.*	154.01	+1.44	+0.94%
HII	Huntington Ingalls Industries	220.37	+1.19	+0.54%
NOC*	Northrop Grumman*	281.55	+1.13	+0.40%