Energy shares and banks helped drive gains in U.S. markets Monday and traders also watched comments from China’s central bank and the Federal Reserve on their next moves to support economic growth, Bloomberg reported.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1.49 percent to 17, 976.31, the S&P 500 composite index rose 1.22 percent to 2, 086.24 and the NASDAQ composite index climbed 1.15 percent to 4, 947.44.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
 Huntington Ingalls |   141.91 |   4.28 |   3.11% |
 Maximus |   66.40 |   1.80 |   2.79% |
 CACI International |   90.76 |   2.32 |   2.62% |
  Boeing |   152.70 |   3.85 |   2.59% |
 SAIC |   55.70 |   1.34 |   2.47% |
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.