HCA Healthcare Inc. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day Company Close Updates

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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205934574/composite HCA +0.81% dropped 0.46% to $256.92 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.01% falling 0.26% to 4,766.18 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.03% falling 0.16% to 36,338.30. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. HCA Healthcare Inc. closed $7.00 below its 52-week high ($263.92), which the company reached on September 17th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Universal Health Services Inc. Cl B /zigman2/quotes/208539347/composite UHS +1.72% fell 0.83% to $129.66, Tenet Healthcare Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207964487/composite THC +1.03% fell 0.27% to $81.69, and Community Health Systems Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203657360/composite CYH +0.52% fell 0.45% to $13.31. Trading volume (931,355) remained 451,967 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.

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