<div id="readability-page-1"><div><p>In trading on Thursday, hospital &amp; medical practitioners shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.4%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Acadia Healthcare Company, down about 18.4% and shares of Agilon Health off about 5% on the day.</p><p>Also lagging the market Thursday are insurance brokers shares, down on the day by about 0.8% as a group, led down by MediaAlpha, trading lower by about 16.8% and Willis Towers Watson Public, trading lower by about 13.7%. </p><p><img height="30" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/http://www.marketnewsvideo.com/previews/202604/20260430leaderslagACsm.jpg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="40" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/http://www.marketnewsvideo.com/previews/202604/20260430leaderslagACsm.jpg"/><b>VIDEO: Thursday Sector Laggards: Hospital &amp; Medical Practitioners, Insurance Brokers</b></p> <p>The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.</p> </div></div>

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<p>On Thursday, shares of hospital & medical practitioners fell by approximately 1.4%, with Acadia Healthcare Company down 18.4% and Agilon Health down 5%. Insurance brokers also lagged, declining by about 0.8%, led by MediaAlpha down 16.8% and Willis Towers Watson Public down 13.7%.</p>