Sector Update: Healthcare
MT newswire2026/10/08 19:2703:27 PM EDT, 10/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were lower late Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Healthcare Index shedding 0.6% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) down 0.5%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 1.3%. In corporate news, Editas Medicine (EDIT) shares rose 3% after the company received approval in Australia to initiate a phase 1/2 trial of EDIT-401 in people with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
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