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Sector Update: Health Care
Oct 17, 2025 6:13 AM

08:57 AM EDT, 10/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed premarket Friday, with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) 0.5% lower and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) up 0.2%.

Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) shares were down 4% after US President Donald Trump reportedly vowed to reduce the price of the company's Ozempic weight-loss drug.

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