08:41 AM EST, 12/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed pre-bell Tuesday as the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) was up 0.1% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was 0.3% lower recently.

Clearmind Medicine ( CMND ) shares surged past 85% after the company said it received Institutional Review Board approval from Yale University for the phase 1/2a clinical trial of CMND-100 in alcohol use disorder.