01:05 PM EDT, 09/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising 1.5% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) climbing 1.8%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) added 1.4%.

In corporate news, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Pfizer ( PFE ) has agreed to provide some of its most popular medications at "heavily discounted prices." Pfizer ( PFE ) shares rose 5%.