*** Below gives key levels of markets at...>

SNAPSHOT: *** Below gives key levels of markets at the start of the Asia-Pac

session:

- Nikkei 225 down 25.37 points at 21652.9

- ASX 200 up 5.316 points at 5832.2

- JGB 10-Yr future up 1 ticks at 151, yield down 0.4bp at 0.031%

- Aussie 3-Yr future down 0.5 ticks at 97.815, yield up 0.1bp at 2.149%

- Aussie 10-Yr future up 1 ticks at 97.32, yield down 1.4bp at 2.664%

- US 10-Yr future up 1+ ticks at 120.28+, yield down 0.18bp at 2.779%

- WTI crude down $0 at $66.84, Gold down $0.18 at $1353.19

- USDJPY up 2 pips at 106.81

* FOMC MINS SIGNAL GREATER CONFIDENCE IN RATE PATH AMID FIRMING INFLATION

* NEC CHAIR KUDLOW: TARIFFS MIGHT COME PRE-CHINA NEGOTIATIONS

* WHITE HOUSE: TRUMP HAS NOT LAID OUT SYRIA TIMELINE

* RUSSIA IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH US MILITARY RE SYRIA

* ITALIAN OFF'L: SALVINI MAY BE ASKED TO FORM A GOVT NEXT WEEK