Our Birmingham and Alabama Stock Report closed out a woeful September with a fairly even mixture of gainers and losers on Friday.

The biggest percentage on the board came on the positive side, with Community Health Systems gaining 5.5%. The Franklin, Tennessee-based, company has six locations in Alabama: Birmingham, Dothan, Enterprise, Foley, Gadsden and Huntsville.

Birmingham-based Medical Properties Trust was a close second with a gain of 4.2%.

Honda led the decliners at -3.4%.

Overall, Wall Street closed out its worst month and quarter of the year with more losses on Friday.

The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% after a gain from the morning withered, and the majority of stocks within the index sank. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 158 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite edged higher by 0.1%.