For the second straight week, hospital companies traded well on Wall Street, as each of the seven major publicly traded operators finished last Friday in the black.
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, which mostly operates behavioral health facilities but still owns roughly two dozen acute-care hospitals, gained the most last week. Its shares were up more than 4.7 percent, closing at almost $72.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals also had a positive week, as its shares jumped 3.2 percent to $46.75.
Here are the five-day stock prices and percentage changes for the week of Sept. 9 through Sept. 13.
• Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $40.32 per share (up 1.61 percent)
• Health Management Associates (Naples, Fla.): $12.79 per share (up 0.08 percent)
• Hospital Corp. of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $40.29 per share (up 1.95 percent)
• LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $46.75 per share (up 3.20 percent)
• Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $40.22 per share (up 0.90 percent)
• Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $71.70 per share (up 4.73 percent)
• Vanguard Health Systems (Nashville, Tenn.): $20.96 per share (up 0.19 percent)
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