03:39 PM EDT, 07/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks eased late Monday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) both shedding 0.2%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.4%.

In corporate news, Scinai Immunotherapeutics ( SCNI ) shares soared 40% after the company reported "successful" results from a preclinical trial of a treatment candidate for plaque psoriasis.