HCA Healthcare Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. (HCA) inched 0.28% higher to $252.13 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.85% to 3,918.32 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.66% to 32,254.86. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. HCA Healthcare Inc. closed $26.89 short of its 52-week high ($279.02), which the company reached on April 21st.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) fell 5.88% to $5.44 and Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) fell 4.64% to $54.93. Trading volume (2.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 9, 2023.
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