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 84.14 points at 21383.18

- ASX 200 down 27.148 points at 6673.2

- Shanghai Comp. down 16.764 points at 2907.437

- JGB 10-Yr future up 3 ticks at 153.59, yield down 0.3bp at -0.135%

- Aussie 10-Yr future up 1.5 ticks at 98.655, yield down 2bp at 1.333%

- US 10-Yr future down 3 ticks at 127-14, yield down 0.17bp at 2.0535%

- WTI crude up $0.47 at $56.10, Gold up $2.15 at $1427.42

- USD/JPY up 25 pips at Y107.97

* 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

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

* CHINA'S NEW TECH BOARD SOARS ON FIRST DAY