In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average slid 31.98 points to 18,034.77, while the Nasdaq gained 18.51 points to 5,173.77. A sense of calm returned to stock markets Wednesday, with major North American indices ending the day relatively unchanged. Allan Small, a senior adviser at HollisWealth, said the recent flip-flopping in stock markets has investors trying to second-guess comments from a number of Fed presidents. In commodities, oil prices continued their slide following concerns that demand for crude will slow down this year. The Canadian dollar was down 0.16 of a cent to trade at 75.77 cents U.S.With files from The Associated Press

Source: thestar September 14, 2016 18:00 UTC