Shares of Cerner Corp. ran up 5.3% in afternoon trade Wednesday, to top the S&P 500’s gainers list, after CNBC reported that health care information technology company will be partnering with Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud business. The partnership is expected to be announced at Amazon Web Services’ “re:Invent 2017” conference in Las Vegas next week, the CNBC report said, citing sources familiar with the matter. The partnership would help Amazon with a foothold to enter the health care industry. Amazon’s stock jumped 1.3% toward a record close. Year to date, Amazon shares have soared 54.0%, while Cerner’s stock has rallied 48.2%, the SPDR Health Care Select Sector ETF has gained 18.3% and the S&P 500 has advanced 16.0%.
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