08:48 AM EDT, 07/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed premarket Thursday, with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) down 0.4% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) recently up 0.5%.

AstraZeneca ( AZN ) reported Q2 earnings of $1.24 per diluted share, up from $1.17 a year earlier but below the $1.36 estimate from three analysts polled by Capital IQ. Shares of AstraZeneca ( AZN ) were over 4% lower pre-bell.