The gains heavily outweighed the declines Thursday on our Birmingham and Alabama Stock Report.

WestRock was the big winner, rising 6.7%, or $3.21, to hit a 52-week high of $51.11 a share. The corrugated packaging company is based in Atlanta. It is the second-largest American packaging company and has eight sites across the state, including Huntsville, Athens, Stevenson and Cullman in north Alabama to Eutaw, Lanett, Demopolis and Montgomery in central Alabama.

Birmingham-based Medical Properties Trust and ProAssurance had nice days at +4.5% and +4%.