01:02 PM EDT, 07/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were mixed Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Healthcare Index increasing 0.1% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) shedding 0.3%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was up 0.1%.

In corporate news, Intuitive Surgical ( ISRG ) shares fell nearly 13%. Growth in the company's da Vinci robotic surgery procedures in the US moderated due in part to changes in Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, even as it reported better-than-expected quarterly results.