Those minutes indicate a split in the Federal Open Market Committee’s membership over when the central bank would raise interest rates, CNBC reported.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 27.09 points to 17, 902.51, the S&P 500 composite index gained 5.57 points to 2, 081.90 and the NASDAQ composite index climbed 40.59 points to 4, 950.82.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
 Serco Inc. |  2.85 |  0.10 |  3.64% |
 Engility Holdings |  32.45 |  0.61 |  1.92% |
  BAE Systems Inc. |  31.85 |  0.59 |  1.89% |
  Maximus |  67.85 |  1.07 |  1.60% |
 Northrop Grumman |  164.21 |  1.30 |  0.80% |
Market Summary
 Advancing Issues |   23 (76.66%) |
 Declining Issues |    7 (23.33%) |
 Unchanged Issues |    0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.