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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205934574/composite HCA +2.51% inched 0.01% higher to $225.61 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.05% falling 1.18% to 4,513.04 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.02% falling 1.34% to 34,022.04. The stock's rise snapped a four-day losing streak. HCA Healthcare Inc. closed $38.31 below its 52-week high ($263.92), which the company reached on September 17th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Universal Health Services Inc. Cl B /zigman2/quotes/208539347/composite UHS +3.01% fell 1.97% to $116.39, Tenet Healthcare Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207964487/composite THC +3.48% fell 3.22% to $70.52, and Community Health Systems Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203657360/composite CYH +4.79% fell 4.90% to $11.44. Trading volume (1.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
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