Communications services companies ticked up as traders hedged their bets on the outlook for media revenue.

Walt Disney rose as "Avatar: The Way of Water" continued to draw crowds to the cinema, quelling concerns about a relatively slow opening weekend in late December.

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein will wait several more weeks to hear of his sentencing in a case that found him guilty of three counts of sexual assault and related crimes. 


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