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November 7th Market Close: GovConIndex Closes Up While Major Indices Close Mixed


The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up today by 0.240 percent to 108.301. Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) topped the GCI posting greater than a 2.00 percent gain, while CACI (NYSE:CACI), McKesson Corp. (NYSE:MCK), Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) all closed with more than 1.0 percent gains. Advancing and declining shares were split evenly.

The three major indices closed mixed. The S&P500 was down 0.02 percent to 2,590.63, while the DJIA settled at 23,557.23 a positive 0.04 percent and the NASDAQ Composite declined 0.27 percent to 6,767.78.

WTI crude oil on the NY Mercantile Exchange remained above $57.00 pulling back slightly to 57.09 per barrel down 0.45 percent.

Market Summary

INDEX SETTLEMENT VALUE DAY NET CHANGE DAY % CHANGE   Y-T-D NET CHANGE Y-T-D % CHANGE
GovCon Index  108.301 +0.259 +0.24% +20.324 +23.10%
S&P 500 2,590.63 -0.50 -0.02% +339.06 +15.06%
Dow Jones Industrial Average  23,557.23 +8.81 +0.04% +3,684.37 +18.54%
NASDAQ  6,767.78 -18.65 -0.27% +1,342.16 +24.74%
Advancing GovCon Index Issues  15
Declining GovCon Index Issues  15
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues  0

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Performers

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change –´ % Change
 BAH  Booz Allen Hamilton  37.38  +0.78 +2.13%
 CACI  CACI International 129.75  +1.65 +1.29%
 MCK  McKesson Corp.  136.93  +1.72 +1.27%
 RTN  Raytheon  186.80  +2.34 +1.27%
 LMT  Lockheed Martin  313.56  +3.48 +1.12%

Top GovCon Index Daily Net Performers

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change –´ % Change
 LMT  Lockheed Martin  313.56  +3.48 +1.12%
 RTN  Raytheon  186.80  +2.34 +1.27%
 BA  Boeing  266.22  +2.15 +0.81%
 MCK  McKesson Corp.  136.93  +1.72 +1.27%
 CACI  CACI International  129.75  +1.65 +1.29%

Top GovCon Index Daily Percentage Decliners

Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change –¾ % Change
 EGL  Engility Holdings, Inc.  28.77  -0.71 -2.41%
 KBR  KBR  20.69  -0.40 -1.90%
 NAV  Navistar Int’l  41.10  -0.78 -1.87%

*Companies Included in S&P500 Index

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