The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (Ticker: XLV) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Health Care Select Sector Index. The Select Sector SPDRs are ETFs that result from the division of the Standard & Poor's 500 index into nine sector indexes. The Health Care Sector Index represents the health care portion of the S&P 500 Total Market Index.
It includes companies from the following industries: health care equipment and supplies, health care providers and services, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.