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Sector Update: Health Care

Jul 15, 2025 10:58 AM

01:33 PM EDT, 07/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined Tuesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index dropping 1.7% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) falling 1.5%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) dropped 1.7%.

In corporate news, UnitedHealth ( UNH ) increased its 2024 profit by $3.3 billion by selling stakes in certain business units to firms such as Warburg Pincus and KKR (KKR) shortly before year-end, Bloomberg reported. UnitedHealth ( UNH ) shares fell 2%.

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