Cigna Corp. reported higher revenue on Thursday, boosted by growth in its customer units, and posted an upbeat outlook on earnings for this year. The health-insurance provider reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.87, unchanged from the year-ago period. That matched expectations of analysts polled by FactSet Research. Revenue rose to $9.94 billion from $9.52 billion in the year-ago period. Cigna said for the full year 2017, it’s expecting consolidated adjusted income from operations in the range of $2.35 billion to $2.48 billion, or $9.00 to $9.50 per share. Shares were unchanged in premarket activity.
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