<div id="readability-page-1"><div><p>(MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Tuesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 1.8% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) climbing 1.7%.</p><p> The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) advanced 1%.</p><p> In corporate news, President Donald Trump said that Pfizer (PFE) agreed to provide some of its most popular medications at &#34;heavily discounted prices.&#34; Pfizer shares climbed 5.2%.</p><p> Merck (MRK) said a phase 3 trial showed its experimental drug Winrevair significantly reduced the risk of clinical worsening events by 76% in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension at intermediate or high risk, compared with placebo. Merck shares jumped 5%.</p><p>Novo Nordisk (NVO) said it offered revised employment terms for certain staff after Bloomberg reported that some workers were given a choice between demotion and termination. Novo shares fell 1.1%.</p></div></div>

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<p>醫療保健股票在週二上漲，紐約證券交易所醫療保健指數上漲 1.8%，醫療保健精選行業 SPDR 基金上漲 1.7%。輝瑞的股票在宣佈藥品降價後飆升 5.2%。默克的股票在其藥物 Winrevair 的第三階段試驗結果積極後上漲 5%。相反，諾和諾德的股票在員工就業條款變更的報道後下跌 1.1%</p>

Sector Update: Health Care Stocks Gain Tuesday Afternoon