Stocks at index company Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) jumped 3.53 percent after the Virginia-based shipbuilder recorded positive revenue for the 2014 fiscal year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 154.67 points to 18, 140.44, the Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index increased 12.85 points to 2, 110.30 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 4, 955.97.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
 Serco Inc. |   3.33 |   0.20 |   6.39% |
 Huntington Ingalls |   137.69 |   4.69 |   3.53% |
  Boeing |   158.31 |   4.56 |   2.97% |
 Orbital ATK |   68.22 |   1.84 |   2.77% |
  AECOM Technology |   29.15 |   0.78 |   2.75% |
Market Summary
 Advancing Issues |   23 (76.66%) |
 Declining Issues |    7 (23.33%) |
 Unchanged Issues |    0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.