08:52 AM EDT, 09/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were steady premarket Tuesday as the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) and iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) were recently inactive.

AC Immune ( ACIU ) shares advanced by over 5% after the company said it would receive a second milestone payment of 24.6 million Swiss francs ($29.1 million) under its agreement with Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals.