DJ Elevance Health Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Elevance Health Inc. (ELV) rallied 2.93% to $412.70 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.59% to 7,811.54 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.83% to 51,654.95.
Elevance Health Inc. closed 5.40% short of its 52-week high of $436.24, which the company achieved on July 14th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) rose 2.25% to $379.30, Cigna Group (CI) rose 0.50% to $282.43, and Humana Inc. $(HUM)$ rose 11.56% to $431.87.
Trading volume (2.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 9, 2026.