Sector Update: Healthcare

03:27 PM EST, 11/09/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were higher late Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Healthcare Index rising 1.9% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) adding 2%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 3%. In corporate news, Merck (MRK) shares rose 0.9% after it said Monday that its phase 2b trial of efinopegdutide met its primary efficacy endpoint to treat adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH, and stage F2 or F3 liver fibrosis.