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Stocks Rise Pre-Bell as Trump Calls Off Planned Iran Strikes; Labor Market Data, Corporate Earnings on Deck

The benchmark US stock measures were pointing higher before the opening bell Monday as President Donald Trump said he called off a planned attack on Iran, while traders await fresh labor market data and more corporate earnings later in the week.The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.6% and the Nasdaq added 0.4% in premarket activity. All three main indexes finished Friday trading in the green.In a social media post over the weekend, Trump said he canceled a planned attack against Iran after being asked by Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries to hold off because the "perimeters of a deal has been agreed to." The proposed deal would include the "immediate, complete, and total opening" of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump wrote."I have agreed, for the future benefit of the world and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a deal," Trump said. Media reports last week said Trump was preparing for a fresh round of strikes against Tehran.West Texas Intermediate crude oil dropped 5.8% to $79.77 a barrel before the open, while Brent fell 4.7% to $83.82.On Sunday, seven members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, or OPEC+, said they agreed to raise combined oil production by 188,000 barrels per day next month.Fresh labor market data is scheduled to be released later this week, beginning with the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for June on Tuesday. Last month's ADP employment and Challenger Job Cut reports are due on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. The government's nonfarm payrolls data for July is out on Friday.Treasury yields were trending lower in premarket action, with the two-year rate retreating 4.7 basis points to 4.24% and the 10-year rate declining 6.1 basis points to 4.68%.Monday's economic calendar has the final Purchasing Managers' manufacturing index for July at 9:45 am ET, followed by the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index for the same month at 10 am.Major companies including SpaceX (SPCX), Eli Lilly (LLY), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Caterpillar (CAT), Merck (MRK), McDonald's (MCD), Walt Disney (DIS), Shopify (SHOP) and Uber Technologies (UBER) are slated to release their latest quarterly results this week.Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Williams (WMB) and Snap (SNAP) post their earnings after the markets close Monday, while Marriott International (MAR), EchoStar (ECHO) and Tyson Foods (TSN) are expected to announce their financial statements before the bell, among others.AstraZeneca's (AZN) US-listed shares slipped 5.1% pre-bell following media speculation that the company is in talks with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) about a potential combination that would create a pharmaceutical company valued at nearly $400 billion. Bristol Myers' stock gained 6.4%.Atkore (ATKR) jumped 27% early Monday after the electrical products manufacturer agreed to be acquired by Italian cable maker Prysmian in an all-cash deal with an enterprise value of about $3.8 billion.Gold inched 0.1% higher to $4,109 per troy ounce, while bitcoin was down 1.2% at $62,596.