08:52 AM EDT, 09/13/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were advancing pre-bell Friday, with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.1% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) up 0.4% recently.

Centessa Pharmaceuticals ( CNTA ) shares were up more than 6% after the company priced an underwritten public offering of about 15.3 million American depositary shares at $14.75 per ADS for expected gross proceeds of about $225 million.