Daily Market Recap (November 12th 2025)

These sources primarily provide a snapshot of contemporary market activity, corporate performance, and major political events, with a strong focus on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector and the ongoing impact of a U.S. government shutdown. Several articles detail significant AI developments, including Code Metal's $36.5 million funding round for its code translation technology, Anthropic's $50 billion infrastructure build-out for data centers, and Cisco's strong earnings driven partly by AI infrastructure orders. Political and economic news includes the looming end of the longest-ever government shutdown, which impacted financial markets, oil prices, and air travel, alongside revelations of Jeffrey Epstein's emails mentioning President Trump and a Supreme Court case challenging Trump's authority to fire a Federal Reserve Governor. Other topics cover weakening U.K. labor data increasing the likelihood of a rate cut, a slowdown in U.S. consumer credit growth, and the expansion of Waymo's freeway robotaxi service.