Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc.
HCA,
+0.51%
inched 0.51% higher to $214.79 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+0.08%
rising 0.08% to 4,204.11 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.19%
rising 0.19% to 34,529.45. This was the stock’s fourth consecutive day of gains. HCA Healthcare Inc. closed $2.49 short of its 52-week high ($217.28), which the company achieved on May 10th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Universal Health Services Inc. Cl B
UHS,
+0.31%
rose 0.31% to $159.63, Tenet Healthcare Corp.
THC,
+1.00%
rose 1.00% to $66.91, and Community Health Systems Inc.
CYH,
-2.46%
fell 2.46% to $14.27. Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 421,792 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.

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