Below gives key levels of markets in the...>

SNAPSHOT: Below gives key levels of markets in the second half of the Asia-Pac

session:

- Nikkei 225 down 152.83 points at 21629.91

- ASX 200 up 14.577 points at 5962.3

- Shanghai Comp. up 5.487 points at 3275.369

- JGB 10-Yr future up 1 ticks at 150.89, yield up 0.5bp at 0.038%

- Aussie 3-Yr future down 1 ticks at 97.88, yield up 0.9bp at 2.027%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down 1 ticks at 97.275, yield up 0.9bp at 2.706%

- US 10-Yr future down 6.25 ticks at 120.265625, yield up 0.55bp at 2.8555%

- WTI crude down $0.33 at $62.14, Gold down $2.48 at $1311.88

- USDJPY down 22 pips at 105.79

* US TRADE ASSOCIATIONS TO PETITION TRUMP ADMIN. TO HALT CHINA-TARIFF PLAN

* YI NAMED NEW PBOC CHIEF

* IRISH BORDER ISSUES STILL PROVIDING STUMBLING BLOCK IN BREXIT TALKS

* ECB'S WEIDMANN: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS COULD ALLOW ECB TO END BOND BUYS

* ECB'S KNOT SAYS EURO-AREA OUTLOOK 'ALMOST AS GOOD AS IT GETS'