The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.49 percent to 18, 191.11, the Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index jumped 1.35 percent to 2, 116.09 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 1.17 percent to 5, 003.55.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
 Serco Inc. |   2.15 |   0.16 |   7.93% |
 BAE Systems Inc. |   31.47 |   0.88 |   2.88% |
 Boeing |   145.46 |   3.97 |   2.81% |
 SAIC |   51.41 |   1.36 |   2.72% |
 Health Net |   57.43 |   1.51 |   2.70% |
Market Summary
 Advancing Issues |  25 (83.33%) |
 Declining Issues |   5 (16.66%) |
 Unchanged Issues |   0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.