EU and ANTHROPIC continue talks over access to MYTHOS, market sources say.

Chinese shares opened flat and traded choppily; the Shanghai Composite dipped below 4,000 intraday and ChiNext fell over 2% early before all three major indexes rallied into the close. At settlement, Shanghai Composite +1.16%, Shenzhen Composite Index +0.19%, ChiNext +0.54%. Turnover on Shanghai and Shenzhen exceeded 3.5 trillion yuan. Innovative-drug names led gains, with multiple small-cap drug stocks hitting the 20% daily limit. Liquor, animal-husbandry, medical-service and precious-metal sectors outperformed; semiconductors were intermittently active and industrial-gas stocks strengthened in the afternoon with several limit-ups. Compute-hardware concepts plunged; glass/fiberglass, energy-equipment, shipping and copper-clad-laminate sectors were among the heaviest decliners. Market breadth was positive with over 2,400 stocks rising.

The Israel Defense Forces said on June 29 that, in response to Hezbollah breaches of a ceasefire, it struck three Hezbollah command centres in southern Lebanon on June 28. The IDF said Hezbollah had repeatedly attacked Israeli soldiers inside the security zone; the strikes hit sites in the Nabatieh and Mayfadoun areas, and earlier on June 28 the IDF destroyed a Hezbollah rocket-launching apparatus it said had been used repeatedly to target frontline troops.