shares of unitedhealth group inc unh inched 024 higher to 46227 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 028 to 441013 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 029 to 3436450 unitedhealth group inc closed 4696 short of its 52week high 50923 which the company reached on december 30th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as anthem inc antm rose 180 to 44950 humana inc hum rose 103 to 37910 and centene corp cnc rose 051 to 7753 trading volume 48 m eclipsed its 50day average volume of 33 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