President Barack Obama's re-election made for a big Wednesday last week for the country's largest for-profit hospital operators, but many of those companies coughed up those gains by the end of the week.
Here are the five-day stock prices and percentage changes for the week of Nov. 5 through Nov. 9, 2012.
• Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $28.50 per share (down 4.01 percent)
• Health Management Associates (Naples, Fla.): $8.05 per share (up 3.74 percent)
• Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $32.62 per share (up 1.21 percent)
• LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $36.30 per share (down 4.15 percent)
• Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $26.21 per share (up 1.12 percent)
• Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $43.27 per share (down 1.05 percent)
• Vanguard Health Systems (Nashville, Tenn.): $11.13 per share (up 8.37 percent)
Here are the five-day stock prices and percentage changes for the week of Nov. 5 through Nov. 9, 2012.
• Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $28.50 per share (down 4.01 percent)
• Health Management Associates (Naples, Fla.): $8.05 per share (up 3.74 percent)
• Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $32.62 per share (up 1.21 percent)
• LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $36.30 per share (down 4.15 percent)
• Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $26.21 per share (up 1.12 percent)
• Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $43.27 per share (down 1.05 percent)
• Vanguard Health Systems (Nashville, Tenn.): $11.13 per share (up 8.37 percent)
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