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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell on October 16, 2014. Wall Street stocks finished little changed Thursday following another rocky trading session, as the market weighed better US economic data against fears over global growth. US stocks appeared headed for another dismal performance early in the day as fears over the European economy took hold. But investors took heart from a 1.0 percent gain in US industrial production in September and a drop in weekly jobless claims to a 14-year low. AFP PHOTO / Timothy A. Clary (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)