HCA Healthcare Inc. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. (HCA) slid 1.13% to $249.14 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.05% to 3,970.04 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.02% to 32,816.92. This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses. HCA Healthcare Inc. closed $29.88 short of its 52-week high ($279.02), which the company reached on April 21st.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) fell 5.12% to $6.30 and Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) fell 2.19% to $59.29. Trading volume (1.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 24, 2023.
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February 24, 2023 16:59 ET (21:59 GMT)
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