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These 10 Stocks Are Helping Drive the Market Rally Monday

These 10 Stocks Are Helping Drive the Market Rally Monday

All three major stock indices are trading with gains of well more than 1% on Monday.
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All three major stock indices are trading with gains of well more than 1% on Monday.

The market rally was well underway Monday, Feb. 12, building off the momentum from a strong session on Friday, Feb. 9. 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 400 points, or 1.7%, Monday afternoon, the S&P 500 rose 1.46% and the Nasdaq gained 1.51%.

Here are the 10 stocks driving Monday's gains:

CSRA Inc. (CSRA) - the information technology service provider to the U.S. government was up 31% after it reached a deal to be acquired by defense contractor General Dynamics Corp.  (GD) - Get Free Report . 

Longfin Corp.  (LFIN)  - the fin-tech company was up more than 11% Monday as bitcoin prices rebounded.

Mercadolibre Inc. (MELI) - Get Free Report - shares were up 8% for the e-commerce company in spite of news Friday that rival Amazon (AMZN) - Get Free Report would be expanding operations in the company's home country of Brazil. 

Golar LNG Ltd.  (GLNG) - Get Free Report - the midstream liquefied natural gas company was up 7.5% as crude prices rose Monday. 

B2Gold Corp. (BTG) - Get Free Report - the Canadian gold producer was up 6.4% as gold prices were rising on Monday. 

Sibanye Gold (SBGL) - Get Free Report - was gaining 6.7% along with spot gold prices moving higher. 

Insperity Inc. (NSP) - Get Free Report - the human resources service provider was up 6.9% after the company announced record fourth quarter and fiscal 2017 results. 

SM Energy Co. (SM) - Get Free Report - shares were up 6.8% for the independent energy company. 

Encana Corp.  (ECA) - Get Free Report - the energy producer was up 7% on rising energy prices. 

Restaurant Brands International Inc.  (QSR) - Get Free Report - the parent of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes rose 6.9% after the company reported a strong fourth-quarter profit.