Eight of the 17 Iowa-based companies on the Business Record’s Iowa Index posted stock price gains for the month of July. Only one company posted double-digit percentage gains. Nine Iowa-based stocks posted losses, with three being double-digit percentage losses.

Workiva Inc. had the largest gain of the month with a 16.56% increase. Art’s Way Manufacturing Co. had the second-biggest gain at 8.53%. West Bancorporation Inc. had the third-biggest with a 6.23% increase.

HNI Corp. posted the biggest percentage loss at 15.17%. Flexsteel Industries Inc. had the second-biggest loss with a 14.58% decrease. United Fire Group Inc. was third with a 10.13% decrease.

The Iowa Index, an unweighted average price of 17 Iowa-based public companies, increased 0.98% in July, compared with a 1.16% increase in the Nasdaq stock index and a 1.25% increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The Iowa-based companies that make up the Iowa Index are in bold in this list of companies with sizable operations in the state.

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