shares of universal health services inc cl b uhs inched 054 higher to 10544 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 146 to 378999 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 100 to 3066853 the stocks rise snapped a fiveday losing streak universal health services inc cl b closed 5956 short of its 52week high 16500 which the company achieved on july 27th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as hca healthcare inc hca rose 166 to 18169 tenet healthcare corp thc rose 161 to 5426 and select medical holdings corp sem rose 203 to 2307 trading volume 13 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 797519 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