US STOCKS-Wall St treads water as earnings counter China data gloom; J&J falls

Wall Street struggled for direction on Friday as upbeat earnings reports calmed nerves about the global economy after China expanded at its weakest pace in almost 30 years, with Johnson & Johnson also weighing on the blue-chip Dow index. While global equities fell on the third-quarter data, a raft of robust earnings from Coca-Cola Co and Schlumberger NV lifted the mood.

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