12:57 PM EDT, 08/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks advanced Tuesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index rising 0.5% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.6%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) gained 0.6%.

In corporate news, Eli Lilly ( LLY ) shares rose 4.2% after the company disclosed another positive set of late-stage trial data of its investigational weight-loss pill, setting the drugmaker up for seeking global regulatory clearance of the oral treatment.