Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,335.30	-19.12	-0.12%
S&P 500	1,666.29	-1.18	-0.07%
Nasdaq	3,496.43	-2.53	-0.07%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,335.30

-19.12

-0.12%

S&P 500

1,666.29

-1.18

-0.07%

Nasdaq

3,496.43

-2.53

-0.07%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,818.84	-5.66	-0.20%
FTSE 100	6,764.46	+8.83	0.13%
DAX	8,445.23	-10.60	-0.13%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,818.84

-5.66

-0.20%

FTSE 100

6,764.46

+8.83

0.13%

DAX

8,445.23

-10.60

-0.13%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,381.00	+20.21	0.13%
Hang Seng	23,366.40	-126.66	-0.54%
S&P/ASX 200	5,180.06	-28.98	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,381.00

+20.21

0.13%

Hang Seng

23,366.40

-126.66

-0.54%

S&P/ASX 200

5,180.06

-28.98

-0.56%

Dolby Advances After Announcing Special Dividend

By Niamh Ring - 2012-12-12T21:22:11Z

Dolby Laboratories Inc. (DLB) closed at the highest price in almost three months after the sound and video pioneer announced a special dividend.

The stock gained 2.4 percent to $35 in New York, for the highest price since Sept. 19. The San Francisco-based company has advanced 15 percent this year.

Dolby joins companies from Oracle Corp. to Dish Network Corp. (DISH) awarding special payouts or accelerating dividend payments ahead of anticipated tax increases next year. Dolby will pay shareholders $4 a share on Dec. 27 to stockholders of record as of Dec. 21, according to a statement yesterday.

The company will spend about $408 million on the payout, according to the statement.

To contact the reporter on this story: Niamh Ring in New York at nring@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Kevin Miller at kmiller@bloomberg.net

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