03:29 PM EDT, 09/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose late Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index up 1.6% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 1.8%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 2%.

In corporate news, Absci ( ABSI ) shares jumped past 14% after it said Thursday it is working with Oracle's (ORCL) Cloud Infrastructure and AMD (AMD) to advance generative AI-driven drug discovery through its generative AI drug creation platform.