U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Friday as House Republicans withdrew the American Health Care Act after determining that they did not have enough votes to pass the bill. The withdrawal is a major setback for President Donald Trump who had made the repeal and the replacement of the existing Affordable Care Act one of his main campaign pledges. The S&P 500 dropped 1 point to close at 2,344, down 1.4% for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 57 points, or 0.3%, to end at 20,599 for a weekly decline of 1.5%. The Nasdaq Composite bucked the trend to rise 11 points, or 0.2%, to close at 5,828 but finished out the week 1.2% lower.
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