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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. rose 4.9% to $421.83 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.5% to 7,636.36 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.8% to 52,380.66.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
HCA Healthcare Inc. closed 24.2% short of its 52-week high of $556.52, which the company achieved on March 12th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Community Health Systems Inc. rose 3.9% to $2.95, Tenet Healthcare Corp. rose 3.9% to $269.08.
Trading volume totaled 2.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.5 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet