03:22 PM EDT, 09/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose late Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index up 0.2% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.4%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was decreasing 0.2%.

In corporate news, the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has opened an investigation into CVS Health ( CVS ) following reports that the company used confidential patient information to influence Louisiana lawmakers. CVS shares were rising 0.2%.