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STOCKS: Asia-Pacific equities trade mixed at the start of the week.

- Japanese equity indices benefitted from the lack of escalation re: trade

matters between the U.S. & Japan, although an imminent deal is not in the

offing. U.S. President Trump noted that such a deal will have to wait until

after the country's July elections, despite "great progress" being made.

- Chinese equities struggled, with worries over the health of the financial

sector after the PBoC was forced to inject capital into a small bank on Friday.

Soft industrial profits data also weighed.

- The ASX 200 trades around unchanged levels at writing.

- U.S. equity index futures have edged lower.

- Nikkei 225 +0.3%, Hang Seng -0.8%, CSI 300 -0.8%, ASX 200 unch.

- S&P 500 futures -4, DJIA futures -17, NASDAQ 100 -19