08:52 AM EDT, 09/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose in Thursday's premarket hours as the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) advanced by 0.8% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was nearly 2% higher recently.

Progyny ( PGNY ) shares declined by more than 24% after the company said a big client elected to exercise a 90-day option to terminate its services agreement, effective Jan. 1.