03:47 PM EDT, 04/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were higher late Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index up 0.3% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.1%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 1.1%.

In corporate news, Atossa Therapeutics ( ATOS ) shares jumped 11% after the US Patent and Trademark Office granted a new patent covering various formulations for (Z)-endoxifen portfolio.