shares of unitedhealth group inc unh inched 054 higher to 47259 friday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 144 to 410931 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 126 to 3327415 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains unitedhealth group inc closed 8551 below its 52week high 55810 which the company reached on october 31st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as cvs health corp cvs fell 052 to 7431 elevance health inc elv rose 019 to 45981 and cigna group ci rose 057 to 25553 trading volume 37 m eclipsed 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