- Tensions between India and Pakistan are escalating, with investors responding by selling assets in both countries.
- Following Indian "surgical strikes" on suspected militants preparing to infiltrate from Kashmir, Pakistani Defense Minister Mohammad Khwaja threatened to use "tactical" nuclear weapons to "destroy" India.
- While the disputed Himalayan territory has seen border skirmishes in recent years, a ceasefire between the two countries was agreed to in 2003.
- ETFs: EPI, INDY, SCIF, INDA, INDL, PIN, INP, INXX, IIF, INCO, SCIN, SMIN, PAK