03:28 PM EDT, 06/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were edging up late Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each adding 0.2%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 1%.

In corporate news, Iterum Therapeutics ( ITRM ) shares jumped 8.7% after the US Food and Drug Administration referred its new drug application for oral sulopenem to an advisory committee.