Health-care companies fell as traders continued to flee the sector, rotating into defensive rivals such as utilities.
Shares of German drug and chemicals maker Bayer fell after plaintiffs sought to transfer a proposed $7.25 billion U.S. settlement over Roundup weedkiller to a federal court in California, stoking renewed uncertainty around the company's attempt to contain litigation risk this year.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 02, 2026 17:47 ET (21:47 GMT)
