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 878.7 points at 22410.05

- ASX 200 up 230.569 points at 5950.4

- Shanghai Comp. up 25.061 points at 2915.092

- JGB 10-Yr future down 21 ticks at 152.02, yield up 1.2bp at 0.021%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down 5.5 ticks at 99.065, yield up 5.4bp at 0.913%

- U.S. 10-Yr future -0-08 at 138-15+, yield up 2.47bp at 0.746%

- WTI crude down $0.19 at $36.94, Gold up $3.12 at $1728.28

- USD/JPY up 17 pips at Y107.50

* THE FED SAYS IT IS GOING TO START BUYING INDIVIDUAL CORPORATE BONDS (CNBC)

* TRUMP TEAM WEIGHS $1 TRILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO SPUR ECONOMY (BBG)

* LOCKDOWNS & QUARANTINES EYED IN THE WAKE OF BEIJING COVID-19 CLUSTER

* NORTH KOREA'S MILITARY THREATENS TO RE-ENTER DISARMED BORDER AREAS (YONHAP)

* EU PREPARING TO ROW BACK ON RIGHTS TO FISH IN BRITISH WATERS (TIMES)

* BOJ POLICY SETTINGS UNCHANGED, UPS CORPORATE CREDIT PROVISION