U.S. stocks jumped 1 percent Thursday as investors weighed a weakened U.S. dollar and stabilized Treasury bond market after a series of mixed economic reports earlier in the week,  according to CNBC.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1.06 percent to 18, 252.24, the S&P 500 composite index rose 1.08 percent to 2, 121.10 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 1.39 percent to 5, 050.79.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
 ICF International |  37.29 |   1.78 |   5.01% |
  Computer Sciences Corp. |   67.28 |   2.77 |   4.29% |
  McKesson |   239.48 |   7.10 |   3.06% |
  Maximus |   53.22 |   1.30 |   2.50% |
  SAIC |   28.23 |   0.62 |   2.25% |
Market Summary
 Advancing Issues |  28 (93.33%) |
 Declining Issues |   2 (6.66%) |
 Unchanged Issues |   0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.