Health care sector posts record weekly outperformance against S&P 500

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The health care sector recorded its best week ever relative to the S&P 500, outperforming by 9.92 percentage points. The S&P 500 had a weekly total return of negative 1.67%, while the health care sector index returned positive 4.63%. The sector is up 7.9% from a month ago and up 2.8% year-to-date. Among the top-performing health care stocks on Friday were Fate Therapeutics, Nutex Health, and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, each gaining more than 11%.