Wall St. flat after late-day lift; media stocks lag

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street ended little changed on Thursday after a moderate late-day rally as media stocks which slumped after negative business updates from Walt Disney and Comcast were offset by gains in healthcare shares.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> fell 21.83 points, or 0.1 percent, to 21,785.81, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 0.42 point, or 0.02 percent, to 2,465.12 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 4.56 points, or 0.07 percent, to 6,397.87.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by James Dalgleish)