03:44 PM EST, 11/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each adding 2.3%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) advanced 1.4%.

In corporate news, AstraZeneca ( AZN ) shares rose 2% after it said Tuesday its Imfinzi in combination with standard chemotherapy was approved in the US to treat adults with early-stage and locally advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers.