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 up 109.41 points at 23509.17

- ASX 200 up 17.64 points at 7162.2

- Shanghai Comp. up 13.909 points at 2989.311

- JGB 10-Yr future down 6 ticks at 152.66, yield up 0.4bp at -0.043%

- Aussie 10-Yr future up 4.0 ticks at 99.010, yield down 4.4bp at 0.993%

- U.S. 10-Yr future up 0-03 ticks at 131-05, yield down 1.02bp at 1.5559%

- WTI crude up $0.25 at $53.54, Gold down $2.78 at $1608.96

- USD/JPY up 2 pips at Y111.39

* CHINA'S NEW CORONAVIRUS CASE COUNT MODERATES ON METHODOLOGICAL CHANGES

* CORONAVIRUS WORRY CONTINUES TO SPREAD IN JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA

* UPTICKS SEEN IN AUSTRALIAN UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDERLYING SLACK MEASURES

* EU DELAYS ITS U.K. NEGOTIATING POSITION OVER MACRON'S DEMANDS (BBG)