Centene Corp. stock falls Tuesday, underperforms market

Shares of Centene Corp. CNC slid 1.29% to $63.34 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 1.68% to 3,920.56 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 1.06% to 32,155.40. This was the stock’s seventh consecutive day of losses. Centene Corp. closed $35.19 short of its 52-week high ($98.53), which the company reached on August 15th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as HCA Healthcare Inc. HCA rose…