03:35 PM EDT, 05/03/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed late Friday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index shedding 0.2% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) rising 0.2%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 1.7%.

In corporate news, AEON Biopharma ( AEON ) shares plunged 53% after its preventive treatment for chronic migraine, ABP-450, failed to meet the primary endpoint of a phase 2 trial.