Stocks finish mostly higher; Nasdaq falls

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Stocks closed mostly higher Monday, buoyed by better-than-expected data on manufacturing as traders digested Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments on monetary policy, but the Nasdaq Composite finished lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 77.91 points, or 0.6%, at 13,515.04. It touched a high of 13,598.25 during the session.


The RBR Radio Index was up .395, or .1%, to 417.828.

The TVBR Television Index was up 1.921, or .6%, to 310.876.

Winners
Dial Global, up 4.1%
Sinclair, up 4.0%
Nexstar, up 3.3%

Losers
CC Media, down 6.9%
Emmis, down 4.5%
Gray, down 3.1%

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