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UPDATED with broader market movement, closing prices. Shares of AMC Entertainment have skyrocketed 301% on a wild trading day, recovering to levels not seen since long before the coronavirus pandemic. Broader stocks plunged in one of the market's worst sessions in months as mixed earnings and frenzied trading sparked…

UPDATED with closing: The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which came close to the 30,000-point mark in January before Covid-19 ravaged most of the world, surpassed the number Tuesday amid optimism for Joe Biden’s presidency. The barrier was broken about an hour into the trading day and the Dow finished the session at…

UPDATED with top media gainers: Relief was palpable Monday on the New York Stock Exchange – even through the TV – as cheers and clapping rocked the trading floor the close with the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s biggest one-day point gain ever, a glimmer of optimism after coronavirus fears rocked the markets last…

UPDATED with closing numbers An escalation of the U.S.-China trade war Friday, with new tariffs eliciting harsh rhetoric from President Donald Trump, sent U.S. stocks tumbling as the media business kept a wary eye on the situation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average entered the final minutes of trading at 25,628.90…

The stock market finished a volatile week on the upswing Friday as virtually all media and tech issues managed to reverse their recent slides. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its second straight day of gains, rising 309 points to finish at 25,889.33, after an alarming 800-point dive Wednesday, the worst drop…

Media and tech stocks staged a comeback in late trading Thursday, after swooning along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average as Wall Street nears the end of a particularly volatile December. The blue-chip index swung 850 points on the day, dropping as much as 600 points in trading before putting on a late burst to…