03:39 PM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks edged up late Tuesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index increasing 0.1% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) fractionally higher.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 0.1%.

In corporate news, Imunon ( IMNN ) shares more than doubled after the company said topline data from a phase 2 trial of IMNN-001 in patients with advanced ovarian cancer showed an 11.1-month increase in median overall survival compared with treatment with standard-of-care alone.