01:25 PM EDT, 08/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 1% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.9%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) advanced 1%.

In corporate news, Moderna ( MRNA ) shares climbed over 4% after the firm said Health Canada has approved Spikevax, its updated COVID-19 mRNA vaccine targeting the SARS-CoV-2 LP.8.1 variant, for individuals aged at least six months.