03:41 PM EDT, 03/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.3% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.1%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 1.2%.

In corporate news, Sarepta Therapeutics ( SRPT ) shares slumped 26% after a young patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy died of acute liver failure following treatment with the company's Elevidys gene therapy.