U.S. markets traded in positive territory after General Electric (NYSE: GE) said it would exit most of its lending business and announced it would repurchase up to $50 bilion of its stock, Bloomberg reported.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 98.92 points to 18, 057.65, the S&P 500 composite index climbed 10.88 points to 2, 102.06 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 21.41 points to 4, 995.98.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
 Computer Sciences Corp. |   65.85 |   1.36 |   2.11% |
 Maximus |   68.15 |   0.90 |   1.34% |
 Huntington Ingalls |   142.00 |   1.66 |   1.34% |
 AECOM Technology |   32.63 |   0.34 |   1.34% |
 ICF International |   41.00 |   0.39 |   1.05% |
Market Summary
 Advancing Issues |   21 (70.00%) |
 Declining Issues |    9 (30.00%) |
 Unchanged Issues |    0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.