01:08 PM EDT, 03/26/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index fractionally higher and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) increasing 0.3%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) added 0.3%.

In corporate news, Kodiak Sciences ( KOD ) shares surged 69% after it said Thursday that topline data from a phase 3 trial of tarcocimab tedromer showed superiority over sham in people with diabetic retinopathy, and it met its primary endpoint with high statistical significance.