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Shares of Elevance Health Inc. advanced 5.9% to $341.85 on what proved to be an all-around mediocre trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index holding mostly steady at 6,978.03 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 49,015.60.
Elevance Health Inc. closed 25.5% short of its 52-week high of $458.75, which the company achieved on April 8th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as UnitedHealth Group Inc. rose 4.0% to $294.02, Cigna Group rose 0.8% to $272.38, and Humana Inc. fell 6.69% to $194.01.
Trading volume totaled 4.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.5 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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January 28, 2026 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT)
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