shares of centene corp cnc inched 047 higher to 7308 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 114 to 413729 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 111 to 3424593 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains centene corp closed 2545 short of its 52week high 9853 which the company achieved on august 15th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as hca healthcare inc hca rose 136 to 26012 iqvia holdings inc iqv rose 416 to 23211 and laboratory corp of america holdings lh rose 091 to 24813 trading volume 47 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 39 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use