03:33 PM EDT, 06/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined late Thursday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index down 0.5% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) shedding 0.4%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was fractionally higher.

In corporate news, NLS Pharmaceutics ( NLSP ) shares surged 25% Thursday after preclinical results from in vitro studies targeting alpha-synuclein, specifically the A53T mutation, showed the compounds' potential to treat Parkinson's disease.