01:20 PM EDT, 06/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks advanced Monday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index climbing 0.2% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.3%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) eased 0.1%.

In corporate news, Moderna ( MRNA ) said that late-stage trial data showed its experimental flu vaccine was more effective than currently available shots. The mRNA-1010 product demonstrated efficacy of 26.6% in adults aged 50 years and older, higher than a licensed influenza vaccine, the company said. Moderna ( MRNA ) shares rose 2.3%.