Sector Update: Healthcare Stocks Steady Premarket Friday

MT newswire2026/10/09 13:22

09:22 AM EDT, 10/09/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were steady premarket Friday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) slightly declining. Humana (HUM) shares were up more than 16% after the company affirmed its full-year 2026 guidance of at least $9 in adjusted earnings per common share. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) stock was up 3.8% after the company said the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Weltruza for extended-release injectable suspension of olanzapine for subcutaneous use as a treatment of schizophrenia in adults. Alignment Healthcare (ALHC) shares were down more than 20% after the company said it expects its California HMO plan, which provides health insurance to seniors enrolled in Medicare, to receive a lower star rating for 2027 from the federal government.

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