Wall Street flat as gains in energy, industrials offset healthcare losses
(WorldNews Business)

By Sruthi Shankar REUTERS - U.S. stocks were little changed in early afternoon trading on Friday as losses in healthcare and technology stocks were evened out by gains in energy and industrial stocks. Uncertainty over the healthcare bill took a toll on health insurers with UnitedHealth sliding more than 2.3 percent to weigh the most on the Dow. Shares of other insurers Aetna and Humana also fell more than 1 percent. Republican leaders are trying to win more support as they plan to bring the new bill to a vote next week, in what is considered their `last best chance` to repeal Obamacare. The S&P and the Nasdaq were weighed down by a 1.4 percent fall in Apple`s shares as the launch of iPhone 8...