Why Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Gramercy Property Trust, and Medtronic Jumped Today

The stock market posted small advances on Monday, with most major benchmarks picking up between 0.4% and 0.8%. Much of the attention on Wall Street centered on other financial markets, which included favorable price action in oil, a surge in the value of the U.S. dollar against many foreign currencies, and relatively weak performance from gold.

Yet there was still plenty of good news that sent individual companies' shares higher. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE: TEVA), Gramercy Property Trust (NYSE: GPT), and Medtronic (NYSE: MDT)were among the best performers on the day. Here's why they did so well.