In early trading on Friday, shares of UnitedHealth Group topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.7%. Year to date, UnitedHealth Group has lost about 4.4% of its value.
And the worst performing Dow component thus far on the day is Walt Disney, trading down 1.8%. Walt Disney is showing a gain of 3.7% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Microsoft, trading down 0.8%, and Merck, trading up 0.6% on the day.
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