shares of universal health services inc cl b uhs inched 052 higher to 14755 monday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 004 to 446118 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 058 to 3455299 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak universal health services inc cl b closed 1745 below its 52week high 16500 which the company achieved on july 27th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as hca healthcare inc hca rose 034 to 26156 tenet healthcare corp thc fell 017 to 8753 and select medical holdings corp sem fell 028 to 2523 trading volume 782162 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 698326 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