shares of unitedhealth group inc unh inched 081 higher to 48408 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 039 to 452279 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 022 to 3458535 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains unitedhealth group inc closed 7402 short of its 52week high 55810 which the company achieved on october 31st the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as cvs health corp cvs fell 029 to 7117 elevance health inc elv fell 036 to 43717 and cigna group ci fell 057 to 28116 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