03:37 PM EDT, 06/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed late Tuesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index fractionally lower and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) marginally higher.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 0.8%.

In corporate news, Zentalis Pharmaceuticals' ( ZNTL ) shares plunged nearly 53% after it said the US Food and Drug Administration placed a partial clinical hold on three trials for its cancer drug azenosertib.