Healthcare stocks are showing signs of strength amid broader market declines, with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ($XLV) up by 2% on the day. This performance marks the sector as the best performer year-to-date in the S&P 500, with companies like Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ), UnitedHealth Group ($UNH), CVS Health ($CVS), Cigna ($CI), Centene ($CNC), Molina Healthcare ($MOH), HCA Healthcare ($HCA), Agilent Technologies ($AGT), and Abbott Laboratories ($ABT) contributing to the gains. Other sectors such as Consumer Staples ($XLP) and Airlines ($JETS) also saw gains, with $XLP up 2% and $JETS up 1.5%. In contrast, the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index ($RSP) experienced minimal losses, down just 0.4%, while the cap-weighted S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) fell by 1.8%. The divergence in performance is highlighted by the outperformance of value stocks over growth stocks, with the S&P 500 Value ETF ($IVE) up 0.8% and the S&P 500 Growth ETF ($IVW) down 4.1%. Biotech ($XBI) and Financials ($XLF) sectors also saw gains, with $XBI up 1% and $XLF up 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained flat, with 19 of its components higher, and 313 of the S&P 500 constituents in green. Analysts from Strategas have noted that healthcare could continue to outperform in 2025, with defensive sectors like Consumer Staples, including Coca-Cola ($KO), Procter & Gamble ($PG), McDonald's ($MCD), and Walmart ($WMT), also showing resilience.