Sector Update: Healthcare

01:12 PM EDT, 09/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks declined Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Healthcare Index and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) each shedding about 0.9%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 2.3%. In corporate news, Astrana Health (ASTH) shares fell past 5% after the firm said some confidential information on its servers may have been accessed after its Astrana Health Management subsidiary detected unusual activity in its systems.