*** 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 187.7 points at 21860.84

- ASX 200 up 39.22 points at 6715.8

- JGB 10-Yr future up 3 ticks at 155.26, yield down 0.2bp at -0.249%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down unch. at 99.055, yield down 0.3bp at 0.947%

- U.S. 10-Yr future down 0-02 ticks at 130-07, yield down 0.17bp at 1.6904%

- WTI crude down $0.13 at $56.28, Gold up $0.63 at $1505.41

- USD/JPY down 6 pips at Y107.78

* CHINA TRADE TALKS SET TO RESUME OCT. 10 (CNBC)

* FED'S CLARIDA: INFLATION EXPECTATIONS IN LINE WITH MANDATE (RTRS)

* FED'S BARKIN: POLICY STANCE RIGHT NOW IS 'BALANCED' (BBG)

* FED'S KAPLAN: WILLING TO CONSIDER REPO FACILITY (MNI)

* ECB'S LANE: THERE'S ROOM FOR FURTHER RATE CUTS IF NEEDED (HB)

* FRANCE URGES GERMANY TO FOLLOW ITS EXAMPLE WITH BUDGET STIMULUS

* NORTH KOREA: LACK OF PROGRESS CASTS DOUBT ON FUTURE U.S. SUMMIT (KCNA)