03:36 PM EDT, 06/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were rising late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index up 0.1% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.4%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 1.2%.

In corporate news, Kiora Pharmaceuticals ( KPRX ) shares soared 42% after the company said it granted Senju Pharmaceutical an exclusive option to exercise rights to an exclusive development and commercialization deal for KIO-301 to treat ophthalmic diseases.