08:57 AM EDT, 07/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were edging higher premarket Friday with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) slightly advancing and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.2% recently.

Centene ( CNC ) stock was more than 7% higher even after the company reported that it swung to a Q2 adjusted loss.