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Wall Street choppy as inflation data lifts small-cap stocks
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) - Wall Street's main stock indexes struggled for direction on Thursday as investors favored rate-sensitive small-cap stocks over expensive megacaps after a softer-than-expected inflation reading …