Wall Street stocks finished almost flat Thursday as oil prices bounced again, while the US reported another bruising round of jobless claims as a result of widespread coronavirus shutdowns. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 23,511.69, up 0.2 percent. The broad-based S&P 500 shed 0.1 percent to 2,797.66, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index was essentially unchanged at 8,494.75. jmb/hs