Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) was the largest gainer for the Index as the company said in its earnings release it set a new quarterly revenue record.
Reuters cited technology stocks as drivers of increases across the stock market and energy shares as a pressure on the market as oil prices continued to fall.
October saw an increase in U.S. consumer spending and consumer confidence has reached its highest level within the past seven-and-a-half years, according to Reuters.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.07 percent to 17, 827.25, the S&P 500 composite index climbed 0.28 percent to 2, 072.83 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.61 percent to 4, 787.32.
Top Percentage Gainers
Company | Stock Price | $ Change | % Change |
 Cubic Corp. |  50.92 |  $3.85 |  8.18% |
 ICF International |  39.52 |  $1.01 |  2.62% |
 CACI International |  88.44 |  $1.11 |  1.27% |
 Booz Allen Hamilton |  26.65 |  $0.20 |  0.76% |
 BAE Systems Inc. |  29.98 |  $0.20 |  0.67% |
Market Summary
Advancing Issues | 17Â (56.66%) |
Declining Issues | 12 (30.00%) |
Unchanged Issues | 1Â (0.03%) |
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.