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Stocks waver again as chipmakers jump and drug companies dip

By MARLEY JAY,  AP Markets Writer
Published: January 24, 2019, 2:06pm

NEW YORK — Stocks finished mostly higher Thursday as another day of mixed trading showed the market’s recent rally losing some strength. Chipmakers rose, while drugmakers fell.

Chipmakers Xilinx and Lam Research soared and many of their peers also climbed as investors, many of whom have been pessimistic about demand for computer chips recently, saw signs of life in the business.

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