AU Evening Wrap: Market trims early gains, clings to green close

The $S&P/ASX 200 (.XJO.AU)$ index closed 0.053 per cent higher at 7569.2 points — still higher than it has been over the past two months, but falling short of January's 2022 high.

$Ramsay Health Care Ltd (RHC.AU)$ held onto massive gains and buoyed the rest of the healthcare sector, but market heavyweights $Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO.AU)$, $BHP Group Ltd (BHP.AU)$, $Woodside Petroleum Ltd (WPL.AU)$, and $Santos Ltd (STO.AU)$ each closed in the red.

Ramsay Health Care remained today's top performer — and significantly so — after receiving a takeover bid from US private equity giant KKR valuing Ramsay at $20.05 billion.

S&P/ASX 200 Movers for Wednesday (4/20)