shares of unitedhealth group inc unh inched 048 higher to 47905 thursday on what proved to be an allaround mixed trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 037 to 438189 and the dow jones industrial average djia falling 001 to 3394671 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains unitedhealth group inc closed 7905 below its 52week high 55810 which the company achieved on october 31st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors thursday as cvs health corp cvs rose 093 to 6941 elevance health inc elv rose 109 to 44987 and cigna group ci rose 055 to 27533 trading volume 32 m remained 210982 below its 50day average volume of 34 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use