AMERIGROUP Corporation : Hospital stocks jump after U.S. health law ruling

(Reuters) - Shares of hospital chains jumped on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.

Hospital company Community Health Systems Inc jumped 10 percent, while Tenet Healthcare Corp rose almost 11 percent.

Shares of health insurers were mixed. Large diversified companies such as UnitedHealth Group Inc and WellPoint were off about 1 percent and 4 percent respectively, and insurers that specialize in Medicaid, such as Amerigroup Corp, were up more than 4 percent.

(Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

Stocks treated in this article : Aetna Inc., AMERIGROUP Corporation, Community Health Systems, HCA Holdings Inc, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint, Inc.