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Sector Update: Health Care

Mar 26, 2025 12:46 PM

03:29 PM EDT, 03/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks fell Wednesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index down 0.7% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) shedding 0.4%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) declined 1.4%.

In corporate news, federal prosecutors are investigating a claim brought by GSK (GSK) that Pfizer ( PFE ) delayed announcing the success of its Covid vaccine in 2020 until after that year's election, The Wall Street Journal reported. GSK shares fell 0.5% and Pfizer ( PFE ) shed 1.4%.

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