shares of hca healthcare inc hca inched 003 higher to 25448 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 016 to 397127 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 012 to 3239425 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains hca healthcare inc closed 2454 short of its 52week high 27902 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock outperformed some of its competitors tuesday as community health systems inc