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Shares of Molina Healthcare Inc. rose 5.3% to $154.05 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.4% to 6,878.88 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.1% to 48,977.92.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Molina Healthcare Inc. closed 57.2% short of its 52-week high of $359.97, which the company reached on April 4th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Humana Inc. rose 2.0% to $190.54, Centene Corp. rose 4.5% to $44.88.
Trading volume totaled 2.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.8 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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February 27, 2026 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT)
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