January was filled with twist and turns for Wall Street. Investors had to digest the ordinary flow of news, including a jobs report that turned out to be much stronger than expected, a decision from the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady,

Stocks rose Friday as Apple led a broad rally following a strong investor reaction to its quarterly earnings report and the market closes out a whirlwind week highlighted by Nvidia’s record-breaking losses in reaction to China’s DeepSeek cheaper AI model and a flurry of earnings reports.