*** 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 76.78 points at 20694.8

- ASX 200 up 26.337 points at 6511.1

- JGB 10-Yr future up 2 ticks at 154.94, yield down 0.5bp at -0.24%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down 1.5 ticks at 99.050, yield up 1.6bp at 0.948%

- U.S. 10-Yr future down 0-01 tick at 130-16, yield down 0.85bp at 1.5808%

- WTI crude up $0.34 at $56.02, Gold up $0.42 at $1503.07

- USD/JPY down 3 pips at Y106.59

* FOMC ATTUNED TO GLOBAL, TRADE RISKS: JULY MINUTES (MNI)

* TRUMP SAYS HE IS "THE CHOSEN ONE" TO TAKE ON CHINA IN TRADE WAR (AXIOS)

* TRUMP SAYS HE'S NOT LOOKING AT INDEXING CAPITAL GAINS (MARKETWATCH)

* GERMAN C'LLR MERKEL: BREXIT BACKSTOP ALTERNATIVE 'POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 DAYS'

(BBC)

* FRANCE'S MACRON SAYS NO-DEAL BREXIT WOULD BE BRITAIN'S FAULT (RTRS)

* GERMANY MULLING BAN ON NEGATIVE INTEREST FOR RETAIL SAVERS (FAZ)