shares of unitedhealth group inc unh inched 004 higher to 52119 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 041 to 409195 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 011 to 3364650 this was the stocks fifth consecutive day of gains unitedhealth group inc closed 3691 short of its 52week high 55810 which the company reached on october 31st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as cvs health corp cvs fell 180 to 7492 elevance health inc elv rose 068 to 49299 and cigna group ci fell 214 to 26077 trading volume 34 m remained 106739 below its 50day average volume of 35 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