Shares of UnitedHealth Group are surging before the market open Friday as Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it recently purchased shares of the beleaguered insurer.

The market is closed for the week. Let's just call it one strange week. President Donald Trump just landed in Alaska, where he's expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Long-foreshadowed,

Michael Burry's Scion Asset Management switched out a bet against Nvidia for a wager on Meta as it overhauled its stock portfolio last quarter.

The blue-chip Dow Jones ended higher after hitting an intraday record high on Friday, as UnitedHealth's shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway raised its stake, but other Wall Street indexes slipped as mixed data clouded the Federal Reserve's next monetary policy move.

A vote of confidence by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway delivered the Dow laggard its best day since 2020.

UnitedHealth Group ( UNH 12.04%) has been a solid dividend growth stock for years. Generally, its yield has been fairly low, due to the stock's rising value. Even as the healthcare insurance giant has grown its dividend, its yield hasn't been particularly high or noteworthy.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer shed light on. Cramer showed a slight bit of optimism toward the company as he said: “I think UnitedHealth’s going to work

Stocks were mixed Friday after the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index fell from the prior month and ahead of a scheduled summit between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.