01:44 PM EDT, 06/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising 1.6% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 1.3%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 1.4%.

In corporate news, Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) shares jumped past 6%. The company has launched a new late-stage clinical trial to evaluate how well its experimental obesity drug CagriSema helps patients lose weight and maintain weight loss over the long term.