01:45 PM EDT, 07/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Friday afternoo, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) both climbing 0.9%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) added 0.9%.

In corporate news, SeaStar Medical ( ICU ) shares jumped 11% after the company reported the first commercial sale of the Quelimmune pediatric product to its US distribution partner Nuwellis (NUWE).