The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.21 percent to 17, 760.41, the Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index gained 1.23 percent to 2, 076.62 and the NASDAQ composite index increased 1.53 percent to 4, 997.70.
Top Percentage Gainers
 Company |  $ Stock Price |  $ Change |  % Change |
 Health Net |   69.12 |   2.32 |   3.47% |
 BAE Systems |   29.44 |   0.86 |   3.01% |
  Booz Allen Hamilton |   25.94 |   0.59 |   2.33% |
 L-3 Communications |   120.22 |  2.63 |   2.24% |
 ManTech International |   35.53 |   0.73 |   2.10% |
Market Summary
 Advancing Issues |   27 (90.00%) |
 Declining Issues |    3 (10.00%) |
 Unchanged Issues |    0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.