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Focus Moves To NFPs, Meanwhile UK Tories Eye Partygate Fallout In Local Elections

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

  • Nikkei 225 up 192.42 points at 27011.47
  • ASX 200 down 171.849 points at 7192.8
  • Shanghai Comp. down 70.774 points at 2996.985
  • JGB 10-Yr future down 21 ticks at 149.16, yield up 1bp at 0.241%
  • Aussie 10-Yr future down 9 ticks at 96.48, yield up 8bp at 3.47%
  • US 10-Yr future up +0-02 at 118-04, yield up 1.67bp at 3.0532%
  • WTI crude up $0.4 at $108.65, Gold down $0.94 at $1876.09
  • USD/JPY up 38 pips at Y130.59
  • ECB TO DISCUSS RATE HIKE IN JUNE, PROBABLY ACT, HOLZMANN SAYS (BBG)
  • TORIES LOSE SEATS IN EARLY ENGLISH LOCAL POLL RESULTS (BBC)
  • CHANCELLOR RISHI SUNAK URGED TO SLASH TAXES TO STAVE OFF RECESSION
  • CHINA MAY EASE MONETARY POLICY IN Q2 DESPITE FED HIKE (ECO INFO DAILY)

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