01:51 PM EDT, 10/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index falling 1% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) shedding 0.9%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.5%.

In corporate news, UnitedHealth ( UNH ) narrowed its full-year earnings outlook after a greater-than-expected disruption linked to a cyber attack earlier in the year. The shares tumbled 7.1%.