Sector Update: Healthcare Stocks Advance in Afternoon Trading
() -- Healthcare stocks rose Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Healthcare Index adding 0.4% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) increasing 0.3%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) added 0.3%. In corporate news, Novo Nordisk (NVO) shares rose 2.5% after it said Wednesday the European Commissi