HCA Jumps After Preliminary Earnings Top Estimates

HCA Holdings Inc., the largest for-profit U.S. hospital chain, climbed the most in 11 weeks after preliminary second-quarter earnings beat analysts’ estimates on an increase in patient admissions.

HCA rose 4.4 percent to $38.86 at the close in New York, the biggest single-day increase since April 29. Second-quarter revenue was about $8.45 billion, helped by a 1.3 percent gain in same-facility admissions, the Nashville, Tennessee-based company said today in a statement.