01:37 PM EST, 01/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Monday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) both climbing 1.9%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) added 0.7%.

In corporate news, Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ) shares tumbled 6.5% after CNBC's David Faber reported the company's talks with Sycamore Partners on a go-private deal are "mostly dead," according to media reports.