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July 5 Morning Report: GovCon Index Continues Post-Brexit Recovery


GovConIndexUPExecutive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.178 points to 79.718 and recorded a weekly climb of 3.216 percent as it continues to recover from the previous week’s losses following the “Brexit” referendum vote in the U.K.

Friday was also the second consecutive session in which Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT),  Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) reached 52-week highs in intraday trade.

Top GovCon Index Net Gainers

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change –´ % Change
GD General Dynamics* 141.34 2.10 1.51%
MCK McKesson Corp.* 188.10 1.45 0.78%
LMT Lockheed Martin* 249.35 1.18 0.48%
EGL Engility Holdings 22.09 0.97 4.59%
LDOS Leidos Holdings 48.69 0.82 1.71%

Top GovCon Index Percentage Gainers

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change % Change –´
EGL Engility Holdings 22.09 0.97 4.59%
NAV Navistar International 12.12 0.43 3.68%
VEC Vectrus 29.20 0.71 2.49%
LDOS Leidos Holdings 48.69 0.82 1.71%
CAE CAE 12.29 0.20 1.65%

*Also listed in the S&P 500 composite index

Market Summary

Advancing GovCon Index Issues 16
Declining GovCon Index Issues 13
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues 1
Index Value Net Change % Change
GovCon Index 79.718 +0.178 +0.223%
S&P 500 2, 102.95 +4.09 +0.19%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 17, 949.37 +19.38 +0.11%
NASDAQ 4, 862.57 +19.90 +0.41%

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