Wall St ends flat; Microsoft rallies, healthcare falls

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow ended little changed and the Nasdaq advanced on Friday, as a record day for Microsoft and earnings from McDonald's helped offset a fall in energy and healthcare names.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 16.43 points, or 0.09 percent, to 18,145.92, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 0.19 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,141.15 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 15.57 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,257.40.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)