01:07 PM EST, 11/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.4% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) fractionally higher.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was decreasing 0.4%.

In corporate news, Metsera ( MTSR ) shares rose more than 20% after it said Tuesday its board received an amended acquisition proposal from Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) that its board determined constitutes a "superior company proposal" as defined under its existing merger agreement with Pfizer ( PFE ) . Novo shares were down 1.7%, and Pfizer ( PFE ) was shedding 1.2%.