India and Pakistan engaged in the most intense fighting in decades with four days of escalating conflict that included fighter jets, missiles and drones packed with explosives. It ended almost as abruptly as it began.

Shopkeepers wait for customers at the main bazaar, a day after the ceasefire between Indian and Pakistan was announced, in Jura, near Line of Control, in Neelum Valley, a district of Pakistan’s administered Kashmir, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)

Indian shares are set to open higher on Monday as India and Pakistan reached a truce over the weekend after intense firing of missiles and drones at each other's military installations for four days.