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June 29 (AP) -- Pakistani officials said security forces conducted an intelligence-based ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Sunday, followed by "precision strikes" on militant hideouts and shelters, killing 29 militants. Pakistani Information Minister Attra Talal said the operation was in response to multiple militant attacks across the country. The previous day, militants armed with guns and explosives attacked the regional headquarters of the paramilitary group Rangers in the southern port city of Karachi, killing three soldiers. Security forces killed three attackers and arrested another, identified by the military as a wounded Afghan national. The Pakistani Talibans separatist faction, the Free Peoples Party, claimed responsibility for the Karachi attack in a statement released Saturday evening.According to Axios: US officials revealed that the US and Iran have agreed to cease attacks and will meet this week.According to the Associated Press, Pakistan claims that it conducted ground operations and strikes in the Afghan border region, resulting in the deaths of 29 militants.The Israeli Prime Ministers Office stated that the destroyed underground tunnels contained hundreds of weapons and several rocket launcher platforms.On June 29, an Iranian official stated that Iran did not participate in the technical talks scheduled for that day due to "recent attacks and failure to meet relevant conditions." Separately, according to US sources that day, the planned resumption of US-Iran technical talks in Switzerland this week has stalled due to renewed conflict between the two countries.

The Dow Futures drop following a strong week

Charlie Brooks

Jul 11, 2022 10:59

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After major benchmark indexes completed the week higher, U.S. stock futures dropped during Sunday evening trade as investors anticipated company earnings reports and important inflation data.


By 7:00pm ET (11:00pm GMT), the Dow Jones Futures were down 0.2 percent , the S&P 500 Futures were down 0.3 percent , and the Nasdaq 100 Futures were down 0.4 percent .


Ahead this week, market participants will concentrate on new CPI data, with the inflation rate predicted to hit 8.8 percent, the highest level since December 1981. Investors will examine, among other data releases, retail sales, manufacturing production, Michigan consumer mood, NFIB Small Business Optimism, consumer inflation expectations, producer pricing, export and import prices, and the New York Empire State Manufacturing Index.


PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) and Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:DAL) are scheduled to report earnings on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, while JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), and Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) are scheduled to report earnings later in the week.


During trading on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 46.4 points, or 0.2 percent, to 31,338.2, the S&P 500 finished 0.3 points, or 0.1 percent, down at 3,894.4, and the NASDAQ Composite climbed for the sixth consecutive day, adding 14 points, or 0.1 percent, to 11,635.3. The Dow rose 1.4 percent for the week, while the S&P 500 climbed 2.7 percent and the NASDAQ gained 6.1 percent .


On the bond markets, 10-Year United States rates jumped to 3.08 percent.