Not to be a downer but the negative numbers ran rampant Thursday on our Birmingham and Alabama Stock Report — from all sectors and from all parts of the state.

Close to home, Medical Properties Trust, the Birmingham-based real estate investment trust that focuses on health care facilities, was at the bottom of the list, falling 3.7%.

U.S. Steel was next with a 3.3% decline.

Birmingham-based Encompass Health Corp., the nation’s largest system of rehabilitation hospitals, dropped 1.7%.

On the positive side, ProAssurance Corporation led a trio of gainers with a .5% boost. Headquartered in Birmingham, it is a property and casualty company that sells professional liability insurance to doctors.

Are we missing a publicly traded local or state company that should be on this list? Please pass along your suggestions to Lede producer Brent Conklin at [email protected].