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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is drifting Wednesday as strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies work against updates from Netflix and AT&T that investors found disappointing.The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged, coming off two straight modest gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 30 points, or 0.1%, as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% higher.SpaceX helped lead the market and climbed 11.1% after reporting a stronger profit for the summer than analysts expected. Elon Musk, who runs the company that makes money from artificial-intelligence technology, rockets and other businesses, also said that SpaceX took a step to consider a possible merger with Tesla, his electric-vehicle company.Tesla, which will report its latest quarterly results late Wednesday, climbed 3.3% and was one of the strongest forces lifting the S&P 500.Other stocks rallying on profit reports that topped analysts’ expectations included