Once again, biotech is too hot to handle.
At least that’s the signal sent by whoever yanked $255 million from the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF at the end of last week, the biggest outflow in 16 months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The withdrawal came with a gauge of S&P 500 drugmakers sitting close to the highest level of 2016. Its 19 percent gain over the past five weeks outpaced all the benchmark index’s 67 industry groups.
