Sector Update: Healthcare

08:58 AM EDT, 10/20/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were flat to higher premarket Tuesday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) advancing by 0.8%. Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP) stock was up more than 25% after the company said its experimental drug RAP-219 met the primary endpoint in a phase 2 trial for acute bipolar mania.