Cigna rises after raising annual profit forecast
** Shares of Cigna CI.N rise 2.9% to $314.40 premarket
** Health insurer raises 2026 adj EPS view by $0.15 to at least $30.60 — above analysts avg est $30.51, per data compiled by LSEG
** Q3 adj EPS $7.98 beats est $7.50
** Medical care ratio — percentage of premiums spent on patient care — for qtr was 85%, compared with est 85.18%
** As of last close, CI up 10.9% YTD