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Opening Glance: Health care stocks
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NEW YORK - Shares of health insurers fell sharply Thursday morning, but other health care stocks were able to make gains.
UnitedHealth Group Inc., which cut its profit forecast Wednesday, reached a 4 1/2-year low Thursday morning, and a Goldman Sachs analyst downgraded Aetna Inc. and Health Net Inc.
Morning results in the sector included:
UnitedHealth lost $1.61, or 6.4 percent, to $23.51.
Aetna dropped $2.85, or 7.2 percent, to $36.94.
Elsewhere, drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp. added 27 cents to $39.16.
Medical lab operator Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings rose 7 cents to $67.58.
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