A fairly mundane session for the major.......>

STOCKS: A fairly mundane session for the major regional equity markets during

the Asia-Pac session.

- Japanese markets returned from yesterday's holiday, with Softbank surging on

the back of the Sprint/T-Mobile merger approval. Softbank is a major shareholder

of Sprint.

- Elsewhere, the major regional equity indices traded higher, likely aided by

the continued fall in the growth rate of new Coronavirus cases.

- U.S. equity index futures shrugged off Bernie Sanders (expected) win in the

New Hampshire Democratic Primary, and continue to operate just shy of all-time

highs.

- Nikkei +0.5%, Hang Seng +0.7%, CSI 300 +0.3%, ASX 200 +0.5%.

- S&P futures +5, DJIA futures +42, NASDAQ 100 futures +23.