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Bloomberg said in its market summary that Tuesday’s trading day saw the three major stock indices record a fifth consecutive day of gains on the back of increases by homebuilder shares.
The S&P 500 composite index ended Tuesday’s trading day with a 0.1-percent increase to 2, 039.75 to continue what Bloomberg called the “longest rally since June.”
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained less than 0.1 percent — to close at 17, 615.80, while the NASDAQ composite index increased 0.19 percent to 4, 660.56.
Top Percentage Gainers
Company | Stock Price | $ Change | % Change |
Orbital | 25.34 | $0.52 | 2.10% |
CACI | 85.39 | $1.47 | 1.75% |
CSC | 60.20 | $0.89 | 1.50% |
ATK | 111.46 | $1.20 | 1.09% |
Healthnet | 47.96 | $0.45 | 0.95% |
Market Summary
Advancing Issues | 20 (67.67%) |
Declining Issues | 10 (33.33%) |
Unchanged Issues | 0 (0%) |
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.