Asia-Pacific stocks traded in mixed..........>

STOCKS: Asia-Pacific stocks traded in mixed fashion, but were higher in the

main.

- The ASX200 added over 1.0% as telecoms led the charge, although gains were

broad based, with all of the major sectors higher on the day.

- Elsewhere Japan's Nikkei lodged gains of ~0.4% as the energy sector, alongside

health care, pushed the index higher, with materials adding the most weight.

- Hong Kong's Hang Seng was more mixed, but still traded higher, aided by health

care and IT names, although telecoms weighed. The Shanghai Comp, lost over 1.0%,

and was on track for the largest run of weekly losses in 2018, as trade war

worries weighed.

- US index futures were largely unchanged.