shares of unitedhealth group inc unh advanced 133 to 48322 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 111 to 411786 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 061 to 3394901 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains unitedhealth group inc closed 7488 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 wednesday as cvs health corp cvs rose 347 to 8896 elevance health inc elv rose 119 to 48354 and cigna corp ci rose 042 to 29020 trading volume 34 m remained 161953 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