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A wild day on Wall Street ends with Dow down 173

By The Associated Press
Published October 15, 2014 8:13pm ET
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A wild day on Wall Street ends with Dow down 173
In this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, an American flag flies in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stocks are plunging in early trading Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, as traders flee risky assets. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) | Mark Lennihan

Stocks are ending a wild day mostly lower as indexes recover much of an early plunge.

Investors dumped risky assets Wednesday in heavy trading and parked their money in investments seen as relatively safe, such as U.S. government bonds.

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