shares of unitedhealth group inc unh rose 121 to 49958 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 145 to 428237 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 212 to 3376276 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains unitedhealth group inc closed 5852 short of its 52week high 55810 which the company reached on october 31st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as cvs health corp cvs rose 161 to 6999 elevance health inc elv rose 142 to 47102 and cigna group ci rose 144 to 25703 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