UnitedHealth Group Down Over 5%, on Pace for Largest One-Day Decline in Over Three Years -- Data Talk

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) is currently at $217.81, down $12.39 or 5.38%

-- Would be lowest close since April 2, 2018, when it closed at $217.20

-- On pace for largest percent decrease since Nov. 19, 2015, when it fell 5.65%

-- Earlier Tuesday, UnitedHealth Group reported first-quarter adjusted net earnings of $3.73 a share grew by 23% from a year earlier and topped analyst estimates, and the company increased its full-year profit forecast

-- On its earnings, call CEO David Wichmann warned "wholesale disruption of American health care being discussed in some of these proposals would surely jeopardize the relationship people have with their doctors, destabilize the nation's health system, and limit the ability of clinicians to practice medicine at their best"

-- Currently down four of the past five days

-- Down 11.91% month-to-date

-- Down 23.93% from its all-time closing high of $286.33 on Dec. 3, 2018

-- Would be a new 52-week closing low

-- Traded as low as $217.08; lowest intraday level since April 2, 2018, when it hit $214.63

-- Down 5.7% at today's intraday low

-- Worst performer in the DJIA today

-- Eighth-worst performer in the S&P 500 today

-- Sixth-most-active stock in the S&P 500 today

-- Subtracted 84.01 points from the DJIA so far today

All data as of 2:07:28 PM

Source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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April 16, 2019 14:39 ET (18:39 GMT)

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