Wimpy buck is jolt juice for stocks – 12/09/09

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The US dollar weakened against other currencies, which made investing in US companies cheaper and gave stock prices a boost on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 51 points, or 0.5%, to 10,337. Broadcasting stocks continued their recent advance.


The RBR Radio Index was up 3.436, or 1.8%, to 197.045.

The TVBR Television Index was up 2.070, or 1.8%, to 119.668.

Winners
SBS, up 19.1%
ACME, up 14.3%
Regent, up 9.6%

Losers
Emmis, down 7.4%
Beasley, down 4.4%
Saga, down 3.2%

Radio Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

Arbitron *

ARB 

$21.50

-$0.49

Beasley *

BBGI

$4.16

-$0.19

CBS Cl. B

CBS

$13.55

-$0.37

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$13.54

-$0.35

CC Media *

CCMO

$3.25

-$0.05

Cumulus *

CMLS

$2.30

$0.04

Citadel

CTDB

$0.05

$0.00

Debut

DBTB

$0.04

-$0.01

Disney

DIS

$30.70

$0.02

Emmis *

EMMS

$1.25

-$0.10

Entercom *

ETM

$6.43

$0.01

Entravision

EVC

$2.75

-$0.04

Fisher

FSCI

$16.72

$0.72

Google

GOOG

$589.02

$1.97

Journal

JRN

$3.65

-$0.11

Lincoln Natl.

LNC

$22.64

$0.17

Regent *

RGCI

$0.33

$0.03

Radio One A

ROIA

$3.00

-$0.04

Radio One D *

ROIAK

$2.52

$0.07

Salem *

SALM

$4.19

$0.19

SBS *

SBSA

$0.75

$0.12

Saga *

SGA

$14.04

-$0.46

Sirius XM

SIRI

$0.62

-$0.01

Westwood

WWON

$5.74

$0.00

 

 

 

 

* Component of the RBR Radio Index                          

 

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Television Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Symbol

Close

Change

ACME *

ACME.PK

$0.32

$0.04

Belo *

BLC

$5.39

-$0.03

CBS Cl. B *

CBS

$13.55

-$0.37

CBS Cl. A

CBSa

$13.54

-$0.35

Disney

DIS

$30.70

$0.02

Entravision *

EVC

$2.75

-$0.04

Fisher *

FSCI

$16.72

$0.72

Gannett

GCI

$12.00

$0.24

Gen. Elec.

GE

$15.66

-$0.06

Google

GOOG

$589.02

$1.97

Gray *

GTN

$1.55

$0.03

Gray, Cl. A

GTNa

$1.64

-$0.01

Journal

JRN

$3.65

-$0.11

Meredith

MDP

$29.43

$0.55

Media Gen.

MEG

$8.67

$0.04

McGraw-Hill

MHP

$32.92

$0.19

News Corp.

NWS

$14.60

$0.03

Nexstar *

NXST

$3.65

$0.02

Sinclair *

SBGI

$3.69

$0.00

SBS

SBSA

$0.75

$0.12

Saga

SGA

$14.04

-$0.46

Scripps

SSP

$6.23

$0.02

LIN TV *

TVL

$4.21

-$0.02

Time Warner

TWX

$31.37

$0.72

Wash. Post

WPO

$408.50

-$1.16

Young

YBTVQ

$0.01

$0.00

 

 

 

 

* Component of the TVBR Television Index

 

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