US stocks hold steadier even as the Dow is dragged down by a slump in UnitedHealth Group

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly higher in the final day of trading for their holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in early trading Thursday, and a recovery for tech stocks following their sell-off the day before helped push the Nasdaq composite up 0.3%.…

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