03:35 PM EDT, 03/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were edging higher late Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising 0.2% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.1%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 1.1%.

In corporate news, Autonomix Medical ( AMIX ) shares jumped past 12% after the medical device company said the US Patent and Trademark Office had granted it a patent for its proprietary catheter-based technology used to collect and process sensing data for real-time physiological monitoring.