U.S. stocks finish lower as health-care sector weighs for second day
Stocks ended slightly lower Wednesday, with a selloff in the health care sector offsetting corporate earnings as investors paid little heed to unexpectedly strong Chinese economic data. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.23% ended with a loss of around 7 points, or 0.2%, near 2,900, according to preliminary figures, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.01% edged around 3 points lower to finish around 26,450. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.05% edged down around 4 points, or less than 0.
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