03:28 PM EDT, 03/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose late Friday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.7% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.6%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.9%.

In corporate news, Abbott Laboratories ( ABT ) shares dropped 2.7% after a state appeals judge in Missouri ordered a retrial in a civil lawsuit related to the company's infant formula.