*** 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 69.13 points at 21398.54

- ASX 200 down 11.847 points at 6688.7

- JGB 10-Yr future up 5 ticks at 153.61, yield down 0.8bp at -0.139%

- Aussie 10-Yr future up 1.0 tick at 98.650, yield down 1bp at 1.343%

- U.S. 10-Yr future down 3+ ticks at 127-13+, yield unch. at 2.0552%

- WTI crude up $0.44 at $56.07, Gold up $0.55 at $1425.93

- USD/JPY up 10 pips at Y107.80

* FED OFFICIALS SIGNAL QUARTER-POINT RATE CUT LIKELY AT JULY MEETING (WSJ)

* CHINESE FIRMS ASK FOR TARIFF EXEMPTIONS TO BUY US AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (SCMP)

* TENSIONS IN THE GULF SIMMER AFTER IRAN SEIZES UK VESSEL

* BORIS JOHNSON INSISTS UK CAN LEAVE EU WITH A DEAL AT END OF OCTOBER

* EU PREPARES HUGE AID PACKAGE FOR IRELAND IN CASE OF NO DEAL BREXIT (TIMES)

* ABE'S COALITION VICTORIOUS IN JAPAN'S UPPER-HOUSE ELEX, SHY OF SUPER MAJORITY