The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 21.45 points to 18, 080.14, the Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index climbed 4.77 points to 2, 117.70 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 36.02 points to 5, 092.08.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
  Serco Inc. |  2.60 |   0.09 |   3.59% |
  BAE Systems Inc. |   31.18 |   0.67 |   2.20% |
  Navistar |   30.16 |   0.41 |   1.38% |
  General Dynamics |   134.10 |   1.30 |   0.98% |
  Healthnet |   58.28 |   0.41 |   0.71% |
Market Summary
 Advancing Issues |   10 (33.33%) |
 Declining Issues |   20 (66.66%) |
 Unchanged Issues |    0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.