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Health Care Sector: News Highlight, Sentiment and Fundamentals
Wed. Oct 1, 2025

The price action of Health Care (XLV) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The overall sentiment for Health Care sector is very positive (overall 2.6, positive 3.1, negative -0.5) on 20251001. The forces of Price Level (2), Option Speculation (1.5), Sentiment towards Fundamentals (1.5), Sector Price Trend (1), Broad Market Trend (0.2), and Valuation Sentiment (-1) will drive up the price. The forces of and Market Risk Prefrence (0) will drive down the price.

'Buy the dips' is the preferred trading strategy. Hourly SMA 20 trend line is likely to provide a support from any pullbacks. The swing to upside will be significant considering the high positive sentiment forces (3.1). The extreme bullish overall sentiment (2.6) may signal the top of this uptrend.

The sentiment for Broad Market Trend is calculated based on SPY trend. The sentiment for Sector Price Trend is calculated based on XLV trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. The Risk Prefrence is calculated from Bitcoin price trend. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Valuation Sentiment, and Sentimentals towards Fundamentals are extracted from headlines and market commentary. All sentiment scores are normalized on a -10 - +10 scale.


DateAttentionAverage
Attention
PricePrice
Level
ChangeSMA10
Trend
Market
Sentiment
Trend
Sentiment
FundamentalsNews
Sentiment
2025-10-012%      1.3%      143.39      132      3.01%      0.44%      0.6      1      1.5      6.6     
2025-09-302%      1.1%      139.2      92      2.43%      0.22%      1.2      0.3      1.5      5.6     
2025-09-291%      1%      135.9      23      0.28%      -0.07%      0.8      -0.2      1.2      1.3     
2025-09-281%      1.4%      0.3      -0.3      0.6      7     
2025-09-270%      1.9%      0.2      -0.3      0.5      0     
2025-09-261%      2%      135.52      11      1.01%      -0.22%      -0.1      -0.3      -0.1      2     
2025-09-252%      1.9%      134.16      -26      -1.65%      -0.44%      0.4      -0.4      0.1      -0.3     
2025-09-241%      1.6%      136.41      17      -0.39%      -0.07%      0.6      -0.2      0.5      2     
2025-09-231%      1.4%      136.95      34      0.25%      -0.07%      0.5      -0.1      0.6      2.6     
2025-09-224%      1.3%      136.62      24      -0.47%      -0.07%      0.7      -0.2      0.6      4.1     
 
Both emotion scores and sentiment scores are calculated in a -10 - +10 scale.
The price level reaches 100 at Bollinger upper band, and zero at lower band.

 
1 (7) Eli Lilly Shares Are Trading Higher Wednesday: What's Going On? Eli Lilly shares are trading higher Wednesday after Trump recently announced a deal with Pfizer as well as the 'TrumpRx' site to decrease prices. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
2 (3) Health Care Stocks Rally, Nike Beats The Street: What's Moving Markets Wednesday? Wall Street posts modest gains as shutdown begins and jobs data disappoints, but optimism around earnings and rate cuts keeps markets afloat. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
3 (8) Trump-Pfizer Deal Pushes Health Care Stocks To Best Rally In 5 Years Health care stocks rallied after Trump struck a drug pricing deal with Pfizer, offering major discounts and pausing pharma tariffs. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
4 (5) S&P 500 Gains and Losses Today: AES and Pharma Stocks Soar; Corteva Drops Shares of a power generator surged on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, after reports of a possible takeover, while a separation plan weighed on a seed and crop protection company. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
5 (8) Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market Shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO rose 9.42% to $530.73 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.34% to 6,711.20 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.09% to 46,441.10. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
 
6 (8) Charles River Laboratories International Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day Shares of Charles River Laboratories International Inc. CRL advanced 8.96% to $170.48 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.34% to 6,711.20 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.09% to 46,441.10. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
7 (8) Bio-Techne Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day Shares of Bio-Techne Corp. TECH rallied 7.71% to $59.92 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.34% to 6,711.20 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.09% to 46,441.10. This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
8 (3) Pfizer's TrumpRx Pact Sends Shockwaves: Why UnitedHealth, Lilly And CVS Can't Look Away Pfizer's deal with TrumpRx for steep drug discounts could impact UnitedHealth, Eli Lilly, and CVS. Here's how... (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
9 (8) Pfizer Just Announced a Massive Deal with TrumpRx. Here's What Investors Need to Know Pfizer's CEO says the deal with the Trump administration is "a win" for the company. He's probably right. (https://www.fool.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
10 (8) EXCLUSIVE: Scienture Secures Hypertension Drug Purchase Agreements With 2,500 Healthcare Institutions Scienture Holdings, Inc. announced GPO agreements for its new drug, Arbli, providing access to over 2,500 healthcare institutions and plans to expand further. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 1, 2025
 
11 (7) Thermo Fisher Scientific Shares Up 3.3% After Power Inflow Signal Thermo Fisher Scientific shares flashed a power inflow signal at a price of $464.71, after which TMO rose to an intraday high, representing a 3.3% gain. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Sep 30, 2025
12 (7) Pfizer Shares Are Trading Higher Tuesday: What's Going On? Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE) shares are trading higher on Tuesday after The Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump will announce a drug-pricing deal with the company. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Sep 30, 2025
13 (8) Danaher Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day Shares of Danaher Corp. DHR rallied 6.56% to $198.26 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.41% to 6,688.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.18% to 46,397.89. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Sep 30, 2025
14 (7) Charles River Laboratories International Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day Shares of Charles River Laboratories International Inc. CRL rose 6.44% to $156.46 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.41% to 6,688.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.18% to 46,397.89. Charles River Laboratories International Inc. closed 31.98% below its 52-week high of $230.02, which the company achieved on November 6th. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Sep 30, 2025
15 (7) Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. stock rises Tuesday, outperforms market Shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO rallied 4.97% to $485.02 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.41% to 6,688.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.18% to 46,397.89. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. closed 21.77% below its 52-week high of $620.00, which the company reached on October 1st. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Sep 30, 2025
 
16 (2) Thermo Fisher Launches Four-Part Bond Offering Ahead Of Possible Government Shutdown Thermo Fisher sells four-part dollar bonds as U.S. investment-grade issuance tops $200 billion, with yields near historic lows and spreads tight. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Sep 30, 2025
17 (-4) Walmsley’s GSK Exit Leaves FTSE 100 Female CEO Tally Stagnating Emma Walmsley’s departure as chief executive officer of GSK Plc ends a near nine-year tenure at the British drugmaker. It also means the UK is losing another high-profile female business leader. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Tue. Sep 30, 2025
18 (8) From Senior Living to Social Media, Massive Funding Rounds Signal AI's Mainstream Breakthrough AI startups attract over $1.5B in recent funding rounds, signaling rapid growth across infrastructure, healthcare, and enterprise sectors. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Sep 30, 2025
19 (8) Bernstein sees ’a strong buying opportunity’ in this U.S. medical stock Bernstein sees ’a strong buying opportunity’ in this U.S. medical stock (https://www.investing.com/) Tue. Sep 30, 2025


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