Healthcare vote boosts stocks – 12/21/09

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Some healthcare industry stocks rose Monday as the bill heading toward Senate approval eliminated some provisions the industry found distasteful. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 85 points, or 0.8%, to 10,414. Even broadcast stocks managed to rise in the wake of the Citadel bankruptcy filing.


The RBR Radio Index was up 5.690, or 2.9%, to 201.978.

The TVBR Television Index was up 1.244, or 1%, to 123.529.

Winners
Beasley, up 10.7%
LIN, up 8.1%
Regent, up 4.7%

Losers
Gray, down 3.8%
Nexstar, down 2.1%
Salem, down 1.2%

Radio Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

Arbitron *

ARB 

$23.83

$0.82

Beasley *

BBGI

$3.82

$0.37

CBS Cl. B

CBS

$13.90

$0.03

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$13.89

$0.26

CC Media *

CCMO

$3.00

$0.00

Cumulus *

CMLS

$2.27

$0.04

Citadel

CTDB

$0.01

$0.00

Debut

DBTB

$0.04

$0.00

Disney

DIS

$32.40

$0.45

Emmis *

EMMS

$1.23

$0.03

Entercom *

ETM

$7.48

$0.22

Entravision

EVC

$3.40

$0.01

Fisher

FSCI

$13.89

$0.12

Google

GOOG

$598.68

$2.26

Journal

JRN

$4.09

-$0.05

Lincoln Natl.

LNC

$23.84

$0.55

Regent *

RGCI

$0.22

$0.01

Radio One A

ROIA

$3.77

$0.19

Radio One D *

ROIAK

$3.29

-$0.03

Salem *

SALM

$4.85

-$0.06

SBS *

SBSA

$0.68

$0.03

Saga *

SGA

$12.75

$0.38

Sirius XM

SIRI

$0.57

-$0.02

Westwood

WWON

$4.92

-$0.04

 

 

 

 

* Component of the RBR Radio Index                          

 

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Television Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

ACME *

ACME.PK

$0.31

$0.01

Belo *

BLC

$5.68

$0.11

CBS Cl. B *

CBS

$13.90

$0.03

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$13.89

$0.26

Disney

DIS

$32.40

$0.45

Entravision *

EVC

$3.40

$0.01

Fisher *

FSCI

$13.89

$0.12

Gannett

GCI

$14.03

$0.05

Gen. Elec.

GE

$15.57

-$0.02

Google

GOOG

$598.68

$2.26

Gray *

GTN

$1.51

-$0.06

Gray, Cl. A

GTNa

$1.50

$0.03

Journal

JRN

$4.09

-$0.05

Meredith

MDP

$30.96

$0.26

Media Gen.

MEG

$7.77

$0.15

McGraw-Hill

MHP

$33.99

-$0.25

News Corp.

NWS

$15.93

$0.23

Nexstar *

NXST

$3.77

-$0.08

Sinclair *

SBGI

$3.86

$0.01

SBS

SBSA

$0.68

$0.03

Saga

SGA

$12.75

$0.38

Scripps

SSP

$6.81

$0.21

LIN TV *

TVL

$4.67

$0.35

Time Warner

TWX

$30.37

$0.92

Wash. Post

WPO

$440.50

$2.03

Young

YBTVQ

$0.00

$0.00

 

 

 

 

* Component of the TVBR Television Index

 

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