By Kimberly Chin 
 

United Parcel Service Inc.'s board approved a new $5 billion stock-buyback program.

The new plan will replace the company's existing $2.1 billion authorization, the package delivery company said Thursday.

UPS's shares have gained 31% in the past 12 months due to the surge in demand from homebound consumers and rebounding shipments between businesses as economies reopened with the rolling out of the Covid-19 vaccines.

 

Write to Kimberly Chin at kimberly.chin@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 05, 2021 18:30 ET (22:30 GMT)

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