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 287.67 points at 21761.17

- ASX 200 up 27.521 points at 6705.1

- Shanghai Comp. down 0.114 points at 2928.973

- JGB 10-Yr future up 8 ticks at 155.31, yield down 0.6bp at -0.251%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down unch. at 99.055, yield down 0.4bp at 0.946%

- U.S. 10-Yr future down 0-01+ ticks at 130-07+, yield down 0.34bp at 1.6887%

- WTI crude down $0.31 at $56.10, Gold up $1.77 at $1506.56

- USD/JPY down 13 pips at Y107.70

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

* 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)