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 -1.42% slid 0.74% to $239.08 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.16% rising 0.52% to 4,500.53 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.42% falling 0.06% to 35,089.74. The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak. HCA Healthcare Inc. closed $30.67 short of its 52-week high ($269.75), which the company reached on January 5th.

Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Universal Health Services Inc. Cl B /zigman2/quotes/208539347/composite UHS -1.01% fell 1.25% to $129.81, Tenet Healthcare Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207964487/composite THC -2.44% fell 3.14% to $72.84, and Community Health Systems Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203657360/composite CYH +3.72% fell 1.81% to $12.48.true Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 24,772 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.

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