12:51 PM EDT, 06/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks eased Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Healthcare Index down 0.3% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) decreasing 0.1%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was down 0.7%.

In corporate news, Eli Lilly ( LLY ) shares rose 2.4% after the drugmaker said its experimental obesity drug retatrutide delivered significant weight loss in two clinical studies and showed "meaningful" improvements in knee osteoarthritis pain and sleep apnea.