Only seven companies on our Birmingham and Alabama Stock Report saw increases on Monday, which proved to be a down day on Wall Street.

Shining the brightest was Community Health Systems. The Franklin, Tennessee-based company, which has six locations in Alabama (Birmingham, Dothan, Enterprise, Foley, Gadsden and Huntsville) jumped 6.1% to close the day at an even $4.00 a share.

Another area notable, Medical Properties Trust, was up 3.2% to close at $8.51 a share. The Birmingham-based real estate investment trust focuses on health care facilities.

Encompass Health Corp. saw a modest gain of .2%. Headquartered in Birmingham, it is the nation’s largest system of rehabilitation hospitals. It has seven hospitals across Alabama: Huntsville, Gadsden, Birmingham, Pelham, Montgomery, Phenix City and Dothan.

The biggest decliners on Monday were ServisFirst, Synovus, Boeing and Target, which all dropped at least 2%.