01:18 PM EDT, 08/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Wednesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.2% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.1%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was little changed.

In corporate news, the scope of the US Department of Justice's investigation into UnitedHealth ( UNH ) goes beyond previously disclosed allegations of Medicare fraud with the DOJ also looking into the insurer's prescription management services and how it reimburses its doctors, Bloomberg reported. UnitedHealth ( UNH ) shares rose 1%.