shares of unitedhealth group inc unh inched 071 higher to 55515 monday on what proved to be an allaround rough trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 075 to 387198 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 039 to 3273295 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains unitedhealth group inc hit a new 52week high surpassing its previous peak of 55329 which the company achieved on april 14th 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