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 113.42 points at 23993.76

- ASX 200 up 31.929 points at 6178

- Shanghai Comp. closed

- JGB 10-Yr future down 17 ticks at 150, yield up 1.9bp at 0.16%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down 6.5 ticks at 97.275, yield up 6.5bp at 2.704%

- U.S. 10-Yr future down 8+ ticks at 117.27+, yield up 1.13bp at 3.1926%

- WTI crude down $0.13 at $76.28, Gold down $0.43 at $1196.93

- USD/JPY down 22 pips at 114.31

* 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)

* U.S. VP PENCE TO TELL CHINA WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED IN SOUTH CHINA SEA (RTRS)