Health-care companies rose as traders bought into sectors that stand to gain from inflationary trends.

Health-care conglomerate Johnson & Johnson won bankruptcy court approval to keep on hold lawsuits brought by New Mexico and Mississippi that accuse the consumer-health giant of concealing cancer-causing material in its products.

Avenue Therapeutics plunged after the drug developer filed plans for a follow-on offering of warrants and stock.


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