01:22 PM EDT, 06/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.4% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.3%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was 0.1% lower.

In corporate news, Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ) reported fiscal Q3 results above analysts' estimates, even though the drugstore chain's financials were weighed down by weakness in US retail sales. Its shares rose 0.9%.