shares of universal health services inc cl b uhs inched 046 higher to 14525 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 008 to 435419 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 015 to 3391984 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak universal health services inc cl b closed 1975 below its 52week high 16500 which the company reached on july 27th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as hca healthcare inc hca rose 032 to 25584 tenet healthcare corp thc rose 106 to 7258 and select medical holdings corp sem fell 009 to 3479 trading volume 552140 remained 12631 below its 50day average volume of 564771 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