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Shares of Cardinal Health Inc. advanced 3.7% to $230.09 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.2% to 7,666.45 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 50,926.56.

Cardinal Health Inc. closed 10.9% below its 52-week high of $258.30, which the company achieved on August 11th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Amazon.com Inc. fell 0.4% to $248.23, UnitedHealth Group Inc. fell 0.5% to $365.20, and CVS Health Corp. fell 0.57% to $85.20.

Trading volume totaled 1.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.9 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet