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STOCKS: Asia-Pacific equities benefitted from the strong lead off of Wall St.,

with the Nikkei 225 gaining extra support from a softer JPY & the BOJ leaving

its MonPol settings unchanged.

- Elsewhere Chinese mainland stocks added to their impressive late rally from

Tuesday, as the CSI 300 added 1.1%. Chinese Premier Li continued to stress that

the country would not engage in competitive devaluation.

- The Hang Seng followed suit adding 1.0%, with the ASX 200 the major laggard,

adding 0.5% as health care names continued to add pressure on the back of

unfavourable reports for the space, made earlier this week.

- U.S. index futures were unchanged to mildly higher.