03:25 PM EDT, 09/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined late Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each shedding 0.4%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) decreased 0.8%.

In corporate news, UnitedHealth ( UNH ) shares rose 1.2% after the company said it intends to reaffirm its full-year adjusted EPS guidance, which it issued in July.