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 113.77 points at 20152.07

- ASX 200 up 62.092 points at 5466.9

- Shanghai Comp. up 17.372 points at 2885.831

- JGB 10-Yr future up 13 ticks at 152.42, yield down 1.1bp at -0.01%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down 0.5 ticks at 99.095, yield up 0.2bp at 0.913%

- U.S. 10-Yr future unch. at 139-10+, yield down 0.32bp at 0.640%

- WTI crude up $1.09 at $30.52, Gold up $17.07 at $1760.81

- USD/JPY up 6 pips at Y107.12

* FED CHAIR POWELL: ECON WILL RECOVER, BUT THAT COULD TAKE UNTIL END '21 (CBS)

* FED CHAIR POWELL: THE U.S. WON'T HAVE NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES (CBS)

* CHINA POINTS TO NORMAL TRADE WITH THE U.S., THREATENS HUAWEI REACTION

* BOE'S HALDANE DOESN'T RULE OUT NEGATIVE RATES AMONGST FURTHER MEASURES

* JAPAN SET FOR TECHNICAL RECESSION

* E-MINIS, PRECIOUS METALS AND CRUDE BID TO START THE WEEK