shares of unitedhealth group inc unh advanced 127 to 52971 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 059 to 402726 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 028 to 3419406 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains unitedhealth group inc closed 2839 below its 52week high 55810 which the company reached on october 31st trading volume 22 m remained 835563 below its 50day average volume of 31 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