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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205934574/composite HCA -1.42% advanced 1.46% to $240.79 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.16% rising 0.94% to 4,589.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.42% rising 0.63% to 35,629.33. HCA Healthcare Inc. closed $28.96 below its 52-week high ($269.75), which the company achieved on January 5th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Universal Health Services Inc. Cl B /zigman2/quotes/208539347/composite UHS -1.01% rose 1.71% to $132.69, Tenet Healthcare Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207964487/composite THC -2.44% rose 2.40% to $76.43, and Community Health Systems Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203657360/composite CYH +3.72% rose 2.20% to $13.02. Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 452,434 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
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