The Dow 30 stock posting the largest daily gain ahead of the close today was UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) which traded up 2.99% today at $86.71. The stock’s 52-week range is $66.72 to $88.85. The health insurer had no news today, but the healthcare sector was up about 2% today. Volume on UnitedHealth was about equal to the daily average of around 3.5 million shares.
Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) traded higher by 2.93% at $60.16. The stock’s 52-week range is $44.62 to $61.33. Volume was about 15% above the daily average of around 8.3 million shares. The company got a bit of a boost on the announcement that it will present some heavily anticipated data on its hepatitis C drug at a conference next month.
3M Company (NYSE: MMM) traded up 2.63% at $141.30 in a 52-week range of $116.65 to $147.87. Volume was about 35% above the daily average of around 6 million shares. There was not specific news on the company today, but the industrial sector rose about 1.6% on the day.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) traded up 1.92% at $212.04. The stock’s 52-week range is $180.11 to $235.50. Trading volume was about 20% below the daily average of around 2.4 million shares. There was no specific news on Visa today, but the most heavily weighted stock in the index led the financials to a gain of about 1.7%.
Of the Dow 30 stocks 29 stocks are set to close higher today, and just 1 is on track to close higher (that would be DuPont).
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