03:31 PM EST, 01/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined late Friday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index down 0.7% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) easing 0.3%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was little changed.

In corporate news, Autonomix Medical ( AMIX ) shares popped 8.4% after it said Friday that it finalized the design of a microchip for its sensing technology catheter, following successful in vivo preclinical and bench testing.