03:31 PM EDT, 08/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks advanced late Tuesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index rising 0.6% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.7%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) gained 0.7%.

In corporate news, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ( REGN ) shares rose 2% after the company's investigational cemdisiran monotherapy met the primary and key secondary endpoints in a late-stage trial in adults with generalized myasthenia gravis.