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

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

session:

- Nikkei 225 up 90.06 points at 22249.41

- ASX 200 up 31.977 points at 5894.4

- JGB 10-Yr future up 1 ticks at 150.91, yield up 0.1bp at 0.039%

- Aussie 3-Yr future down 3.5 ticks at 97.705, yield up 2.8bp at 2.256%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down 4.5 ticks at 97.195, yield up 4.1bp at 2.789%

- US 10-Yr future up 0+ ticks at 120.05, yield down 0.56bp at 2.8672%

- WTI crude up $0.27 at $68.74, Gold up $1.14 at $1350.44

- USDJPY up 13 pips at 107.36

* FED'S DUDLEY: GRADUAL PATH FOR RATES STILL APPROPRIATE

* FED'S QUARLES: YIELD CURVE FLATTENING NOT A SIGNAL POINTING TO RECESSION

* TRUMP: PREFER BILATERAL TRADE DEAL WITH JAPAN

* NEW ZEALAND Q1 CPI +1.1% Y/Y; MNI MEDIAN +1.0%

* RBNZ GOV ORR: RBNZ EXPECTS VERY BENIGN INFLATION GOING FORWARDS

* US TARGETING NAFTA DEAL IN THREE WEEKS (CNBC)