01:15 PM EST, 02/20/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index decreasing 0.7% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) shedding 0.5%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was down 0.5%.

In corporate news, GRAIL (GRAL) shares slumped 50% after the company said its Galleri multi-cancer blood test failed to meet the NHS-Galleri trial's primary endpoint.