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May 25 Market Close: GovCon Index Up as S&P 500 and NASDAQ Set New Highs


The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed up for the sixth consecutive day with the advancers significantly outpacing the decliners 5 to 1. The GovCon Index reached another 30 day high of 95.791, up 0.787 percent. CSRA lead the 30 GovCon Index stocks, up 4.62 percent as they announced the acquisition NES Associates.

All the U.S. indices were up for the sixth consecutive day with the S&P500 and NASDAQ reaching new highs at of 2,415.07 and 6,205.26 respectively. gaining

WTI dropped significantly to close at $48.80 per barrel down 4.98 per cent. At today’s Vienna meeting Iran did not agree with the other OPEC nations to extend the production cuts though March.

  Market Summary

INDEX SETTLEMENT VALUE DAY NET CHANGE DAY % CHANGE   Y-T-D NET CHANGE Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index 95.791 +0.949 +0.787% +7.814 +8.88%
S&P 500 2,415.07 +10.68 +0.44% +163.50 +7.26%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 21,082.95 +70.53 +0.34% +1,210.09 +6.09% 
NASDAQ 6,205.26 +42.23 +0.69% +779.64 +14.37% 
Advancing GovCon Index Issues 25
Declining GovCon Index Issues 5
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues 0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change –´ % Change
CSRA * CSRA * 31.01 +1.37 +4.62%
COL Rockwell Collins 106.91 +2.95 +2.84%
EGL Engility Holdings 27.99 +0.77 +2.83%
SAIC SAIC 76.50 +1.56 +2.08%
LLL* L3 Technologies *  167.99  +3.16 +1.92%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change –´ % Change
LLL* L3 Technologies * 167.99 +3.16 +1.92%
NOC* Northrop Grumman * 256.52 +3.14 +1.24%
COL Rockwell Collins 106.91 +2.95 +2.84%
HII Huntington Ingalls 197.44 +2.19 +1.12%
CACI CACI Intern.  126.80  +2.05 +1.64%

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Decliners

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change –¾ % Change
KBR KBR 14.20 -0.81 -5.40%
MMS Maximus 62.38 -1.32 -2.07%
 NAV  Navistar Intern. 26.76  -0.22 -0.82%

*Companies Included in S&P500 Index

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