Positive earnings reports from blue chips such as Intel, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase helped send U.S. stocks up Wednesday and earnings shares rode a 2-percent oil price increase, according to CNBC.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 75.71 points to 18, 112.41, the S&P 500 composite index climbed 10.78 points to 2, 106.62 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 33.73 points to 5011.02.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
  Serco Inc. |   3.00 |   0.33 |   12.36% |
 Navistar |   29.51 |   1.55 |   5.54% |
  Intelsat |   12.28 |   0.38 |   3.19% |
  Computer Sciences Corp. |   65.67 |   1.08 |   1.67% |
  AECOM Technology |   33.68 |   0.53 |   1.60% |
Market Summary
 Advancing Issues |   15 (50.00%) |
 Declining Issues |   15 (50.00%) |
 Unchanged Issues |   0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.