Shares of Humana Inc. were down the most in more than a three years in midday trade Thursday. The Louisville, Ky., health-care firm’s shares were down nearly 8% in most recent trade, putting it on track for its worst daily drop since Nov. 7, 2012, according to FactSet data. Humana is in the process of merging with rival Aetna Inc. , but there were no recent reports related to the planned combination. Humana’s tumbling stock was the worst performer in the S&P 500’s health-care sector , which was down 0.5%.
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