Wall Street ends choppy session higher, health lags on Trump comments

By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher after a choppy day on Wednesday as energy and technology gains countered a drop in healthcare stocks after President-elect Donald Trump said pharmaceutical companies were "getting away with murder" by charging high prices. The Nasdaq ended the day with another record closing high after falling as much as 0.5 percent after Trump's first formal news conference since the Nov. 8 election. The S&P 500 healthcare index ended the session