Health care stocks were mixed Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index increasing 0.1% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) shedding 0.2%.
The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 1.7%.
In corporate news, CVS Health (CVS) raised its full-year earnings outlook after reporting better-than-expected Q1 results driven by improvement in its health-care benefits segment. Its shares gained 6.7%.
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