01:23 PM EDT, 07/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index up 0.9% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 1.1%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 1.4%.

In corporate news, AstraZeneca ( AZN ) Chief Executive Sir Pascal Soriot has spoken privately on a number of occasions of his preference to move the company's stock market listing to the US, The Times reported Tuesday. AstraZeneca ( AZN ) shares gained 2%.