08:47 AM EST, 01/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed premarket Friday, with The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.2% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 0.3% lower.

Lifecore Biomedical ( LFCR ) reported late Thursday it swung to a fiscal Q2 loss of $0.25 per diluted share from earnings of $0.39 a year earlier. Lifecore shares were down 0.9% pre-bell Friday.