03:40 PM EDT, 05/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were falling late Thursday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index decreasing 0.8% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) down 1%.
The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was 1.7% lower.
In corporate news, GSK (GSK) won a jury verdict in Chicago after a Cook County, Illinois, circuit court concluded that discontinued heartburn drug Zantac wasn't a cause of a woman's cancer, Reuters reported. GSK shares were falling 1.3%.