shares of unitedhealth group inc unh inched 066 higher to 48010 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 130 to 400287 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 098 to 3256060 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains unitedhealth group inc closed 7800 short of its 52week high 55810 which the company achieved on october 31st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as cvs health corp cvs rose 077 to 7556 elevance health inc elv rose 058 to 46970 and cigna group ci rose 136 to 27662 trading volume 31 m remained 522302 below its 50day average volume of 36 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