Stocks turn negative as weakness in health-care shares drags markets down
Health-care stocks continued to fall on Wednesday morning, led by Anthem Inc. ANTM, -4.86% Cigna Corp. CI, -3.07% and UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH, -3.04% The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund XLV, -1.79% was down 1.5% in early intraday trade. Companies in the managed care and health services sectors are facing "temporary downside risk," thanks to the Medicare-for-all debate, analysts at J.P. Morgan wrote in a note to clients Tuesday.
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