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China Cuts Key Interest Rates, UK's Johnson Under Fire Over "Partygate"

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

  • Nikkei 225 up 214.45 points at 28338.02
  • ASX 200 up 23.442 points at 7417.3
  • Shanghai Comp. up 21.081 points at 3542.323
  • JGB 10-Yr future down 1 tick at 150.79, yield up 0.3bp at 0.146%
  • Aussie 10-Yr future down 6.5 ticks at 98.055, yield up 6.8bp at 1.919%
  • U.S. 10-Yr future -0-13 at 127-25, cash Tsys are closed
  • WTI crude up $0.32 at $84.15, Gold up $1.5 at $1819.46
  • USD/JPY up 30 pips at Y114.49
  • BORIS DRAWS UP SURVIVAL PLAN AS CALLS TO QUIT GROW LOUDER
  • TORIES WILL OUST BORIS JOHNSON IF HE TRIES TO DODGE “PARTYGATE” BLAME (Guardian)
  • CHINA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN Q4 BUT STILL BEATS CONSENSUS
  • PBOC SLASH 1-YEAR MLF & 7-DAY REVERSE REPO RATES BY 10BP EACH
  • NORTH KOREA FIRES TWO APPARENT BALLISTIC MISSILES (Yonhap)

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