Job news causes jitters on Wall Street – 8/5/10

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A rise in weekly first-time unemployment claims unnerved stock traders on Thursday, with the government’s monthly jobs report due out Friday morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down five points, or 0.05%, to 10,645. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite posted slightly larger drops. Broadcasting stocks were mixed.
 
The RBR Radio Index was down 2.254, or 0.8%, to 295.747.


The TVBR Television Index was up 0.240, or 0.1%, to 202.628.

Winners
Beasley, up 5.5%
Sinclair, up 4.8%
Radio One, up 2.9%

Losers
Cumulus, down 5.7%
Entercom, down 4%
Arbitron, down 3%

Radio Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

Arbitron *

ARB 

$28.41

-$0.88

Beasley *

BBGI

$6.00

$0.34

CBS Cl. B

CBS

$15.53

-$0.11

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$15.52

-$0.09

CC Media *

CCMO

$6.70

$0.00

Cumulus *

CMLS

$2.99

-$0.17

Debut

DBTB

$0.05

$0.00

Disney

DIS

$34.98

$0.15

Emmis *

EMMS

$2.06

-$0.04

Entercom *

ETM

$8.17

-$0.34

Entravision

EVC

$2.30

-$0.01

Fisher

FSCI

$17.20

$0.22

Google

GOOG

$508.10

$1.78

Journal

JRN

$4.93

$0.01

Lincoln Natl.

LNC

$24.98

-$0.34

Radio One A

ROIA

$1.17

$0.06

Radio One D *

ROIAK

$1.07

$0.03

Salem *

SALM

$3.54

-$0.04

SBS *

SBSA

$1.17

$0.01

Saga *

SGA

$22.40

$0.00

Sirius XM

SIRI

$1.06

$0.00

Westwood*

WWON

$6.80

$0.01

 

 

 

 

* Component of the RBR Radio Index                          

 

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Television Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

ACME *

ACME.PK

$1.05

$0.00

Belo *

BLC

$6.26

$0.01

CBS Cl. B *

CBS

$15.53

-$0.11

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$15.52

-$0.09

Disney

DIS

$34.98

$0.15

Entravision *

EVC

$2.30

-$0.01

Fisher *

FSCI

$17.20

$0.22

Gannett

GCI

$13.31

-$0.10

Gen. Elec.

GE

$16.52

$0.04

Google

GOOG

$508.10

$1.78

Gray *

GTN

$2.93

-$0.02

Gray, Cl. A

GTNa

$2.90

$0.00

Journal

JRN

$4.93

$0.01

Meredith

MDP

$32.93

-$0.22

Media Gen.

MEG

$10.31

-$0.25

McGraw-Hill

MHP

$30.79

$0.04

News Corp.

NWS

$15.93

$0.35

Nexstar *

NXST

$5.50

-$0.15

Sinclair *

SBGI

$6.79

$0.31

SBS

SBSA

$1.17

$0.01

Saga

SGA

$22.40

$0.00

Scripps

SSP

$7.96

-$0.04

LIN TV *

TVL

$5.65

-$0.04

Time Warner

TWX

$32.89

$0.42

Wash. Post

WPO

$408.61

-$7.97

 

 

 

 

* Component of the TVBR Television Index

 

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