Investors reacted positively to financial reports from blue chip technology stocks such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) after stocks traded lower in the morning session, according to CNBC.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 20.42 points to 18, 059.69, the S&P 500 composite index rose 4.97 points to 2, 112.93 and the NASDAQ composite index climbed 20.89 points to 5, 056.06.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
  Navistar |   33.40 |   0.46 |   1.40% |
  Computer Sciences Corp. |   30.40 |   0.37 |   1.23% |
  AECOM Technology |   89.91 |   0.96 |   1.08% |
  Honeywell |   103.01 |   0.82 |   0.80% |
  CACI International |   50.22 |   0.28 |   0.56% |
Market Summary
 Advancing Issues |   14 (46.66%) |
 Declining Issues |   16 (53.33%) |
 Unchanged Issues |    0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.