01:40 PM EDT, 06/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each adding 0.5%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) advanced 0.6%.

In corporate news, AbbVie ( ABBV ) shares gained 1.6% after it said Wednesday the US Food and Drug Administration granted a label expansion for Mavyret to treat people suffering from the hepatitis C virus.