OSCAR-WINNING FIRMS SEE MARKETS' GOLDEN GLOW.Byline: Daily News A day after the 73rd annual Academy Awards, Wall Street served up its own set of winners and losers Monday among the companies who made the most lauded films. It was a hands-down victory for Sony Corp., the Japanese electronics giant whose stock closed at $75.24, up $2.34 or 3.21 percent on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . Sony Pictures Classics was behind two of the top films: ``Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Traditional Chinese: 臥虎藏龍; Simplified Chinese: 卧虎藏龙; Pinyin: ,'' which won four Oscars including best foreign language film, and ``Pollock,'' in which Marcia Gay Harden Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Biography Early life Harden, one of five children, was born in La Jolla, California, daughter of Beverly (née Bushfield), a housewife, and Thaddeus Harold Harden, a Texas won for best supporting actress. Another Sony division, Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, also had a piece of ``Erin Brockovich,'' which earned Julia Roberts a victory for best actress. ``Erin Brockovich'' was a co-production with Universal Pictures, a division of one of the industry's newest conglomerates, French media company Vivendi Universal S.A. Universal also was behind best picture and best actor winner ``Gladiator gladiator (Latin; swordsman) Professional combatant in ancient Rome who engaged in fights to the death as sport. Gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals, the intent being to give the dead man armed attendants in the next world. ,'' along with Glendale-based DreamWorks SKG SKG Stichting Kwaliteit Gevelbouw (Dutch) SKG Spielberg, Katzenberg,and Geffen (DreamWorks Studios) SKG Thessaloniki, Greece - Thessaloniki (Airport Code) SKG Smith and Kraus Global , a private company. Vivendi's stock rose $1.85 or 3.23 percent Monday to close at $59.15 on the NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange . Another big winner, ``Traffic,'' did not translate into profits for USA Films, a division of USA Networks Inc., whose chairman and chief executive officer is Barry Diller. One of its four Oscars went to Benicio Del Toro for best supporting actor. USA Networks' stock lost 38 cents to close at $22.13 on the Nasdaq. |
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