NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is adrift a week after setting a record.

Stocks were flat in late-morning trading Wednesday as investors continue to worry about the economy and the growing possibility of a government shutdown.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up less than a point to 15,336 as of 11:15 a.m. Eastern Time. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down less than a point to 1,697. The Nasdaq composite was up less than a point to 3,769.

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