Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.

Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.

Marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.

From startups to scaleups, online, in, and on the go. Shopify is made for

entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.

Here's your closing bell brief for Friday, October 31st. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks finished slightly higher today, with major indexes ending the month solidly higher.

The NASDAQ climbed 0.6%, boosted by strong earnings from big tech that reassured investors about

artificial intelligence spending. Amazon shares

soared nearly 10% after the company reported its fastest cloud computing growth since 2022.

In contrast, Apple stock finished 0.4% lower, even though the company logged record sales.

The S&P 500 was up 0.3% today, and the Dow lagged, ending just

0.1% higher. Among individual companies, Netflix shares rose 3% after its board approved

a 10-for-1 stock split. Warner Brothers Discovery stock gained 4% following media reports that

Netflix is exploring a bid for its studio

and streaming business. And Brighthouse financial shares leapt 25% on reports that the insurer

is in advanced talks to be taken private. Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped

us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

We'll have a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast.

You can add it to your playlist on your smart speaker or listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.