NEW YORK - The insurance company UnitedHealth Group is joining the Dow Jones industrial average.

The company will replace Kraft Foods. S&P Dow Jones Indices says the change will be effective at the opening of trading Sept. 24.

UnitedHealth is up about 3 percent in before-market trading.

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