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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205934574/composite HCA +0.81% rallied 2.05% to $254.41 Thursday, 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 +0.01% falling 1.42% to 4,659.03 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.03% falling 0.49% to 36,113.62. HCA Healthcare Inc. closed $15.34 below its 52-week high ($269.75), which the company achieved on January 5th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Universal Health Services Inc. Cl B /zigman2/quotes/208539347/composite UHS +1.72% rose 3.05% to $133.05, Tenet Healthcare Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207964487/composite THC +1.03% rose 2.36% to $78.63, and Community Health Systems Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203657360/composite CYH +0.52% rose 1.96% to $13.00. Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 210,251 below its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
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