Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund - XLV

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund is an exchange-traded fund that provides broad exposure to the U.S. health care sector. The fund seeks to track the Health Care Select Sector Index, which represents major health care companies in the S&P 500 and is weighted by market capitalization. Its holdings typically span pharmaceuticals, health care equipment and supplies, health care providers and services, biotechnology, life sciences tools and services, and health care technology. By concentrating on large, established companies across these subsectors, Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund serves as a diversified way to access one of the market’s most important defensive and innovation-driven industries. The fund is designed for investors seeking sector-specific exposure through a passive, index-based structure with a focus on the core U.S. health care market.