*** 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 95.21 points at 24206.72

- ASX 200 up 28.327 points at 6174.4

- JGB 10-Yr future down 15 ticks at 150.02, yield up 1.1bp at 0.152%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down 8.5 ticks at 97.255, yield up 8bp at 2.719%

- U.S. 10-Yr future down 7 ticks at 117.29, yield up 0.57bp at 3.187%

- WTI crude down $0.3 at $76.1, Gold up $1.26 at $1198.52

- USD/JPY down 8 pips at 114.46

* FED'S POWELL: NEED RATES TO MOVE BACK TO NEUTRAL VERY GRADUALLY

* FED'S POWELL: RATES MAY GO PAST NEUTRAL

* FED'S MESTER: DOES NOT SEE HIGH RISK THAT INFLATION WILL PICK UP PRECIPITOUSLY

* ITALIAN GOVT AGREES ON DEF/GDP OF 2.4% '19, 2.1% '20 & 1.8% '21 (ADNKRONOS)

* U.S. NAVY PROPOSING MAJOR SHOW OF FORCE TO WARN CHINA (CNN)