08:54 AM EDT, 10/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose premarket Wednesday with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.1% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 0.2% higher recently.

NovoCure ( NVCR ) shares were up over 20% after the company said the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its Optune Lua device to treat adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.