Boris Under Pressure

Below gives key levels of markets in the second half of the Asia-Pac session:

• Nikkei 225 up 286.67 points at 26456.4
• ASX 200 up 19.254 points at 6547.7
• Shanghai Comp. up 14.524 points at 3334.673
• JGB 10-Yr future up 30 ticks at 148.68, yield down 1bp at 0.226%
• Aussie 10-Yr future up 14.5 ticks at 96.225, yield down 13.9bp at 3.713%
• U.S. 10-Yr future -0-04 at 117-17, yield up 0.37bp at 3.091%
• WTI crude up $0.11 at $104.40, Gold up $2.89 at $1825.69
• USD/JPY down 21 pips at Y134.74
• FED'S POWELL: END POINT FOR B/S ROUGHLY $2.5-3.0TN SMALLER THAN IT IS NOW (RTRS)
• ECB’S KAZIMIR: NEGATIVE RATES MUST BE ‘HISTORY’ BY SEPTEMBER (BBG)
• CONSERVATIVE BY-ELECTION LOSSES PILE PRESSURE ON BORIS JOHNSON’S LEADERSHIP (THE TIMES)
• CHINA’S REVISED ANTITRUST LAW TO TAKE EFFECT ON AUG. 1 (XINHUA)
• OPEC+ TO STICK TO OIL SUPPLY RISE PLAN AS BIDEN HEADS TO SAUDI (RTRS SOURCES)