Health-care stocks were getting whacked in afternoon trade Monday after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a tweet that she planned to reveal a plan to curb price increase by drugmakers. The health-care sector, down nearly 2%, is the only sector among the S&P 500’s 10 that is trading sharply lower. Another gauge of tech performance, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF also turned negative. The decline in health care is proving a drag on stocks, which pared gains after Clinton’s comments. U.S. stocks are attempting to snap a two-session losing streak after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Thursday.
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