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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205934574/composite HCA +2.73% slipped 1.86% to $240.76 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.99% falling 1.10% to 4,482.73 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.61% falling 0.89% to 34,715.39. This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses. HCA Healthcare Inc. closed $28.99 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 +0.94% fell 1.10% to $127.99, Tenet Healthcare Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207964487/composite THC +4.45% rose 1.62% to $78.42, and Community Health Systems Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203657360/composite CYH -0.74% fell 4.90% to $13.58. Trading volume (1.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
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