Little to write home as the early part of.....>

FOREX: Little to write home as the early part of the Asia-Pacific session has

been fairly lacklustre so far, with all major crosses sticking to tight ranges. 

- The yen underperforms its G10 peers, with a source pointing to Japanese names

buying USD/JPY. The rate ticked higher as Mini S&P futures took out yesterday's

highs, even as there was little on the wires to drive the move. CHF has also

softened at the margin.

- German Ifo survey, Japanese flash Jibun PMI readings, as well as speeches from

ECB's Villeroy, de Guindos and de Cos, Riksbank's Ingves and Jansson, RBA's Lowe

and BoJ's Kuroda take focus today.

- Elsewhere, a trio of top Chinese officials - PBoC Gov Yi, FinMin Liu and

National Bureau of Statistics' chief Ning - will hold a presser at 03:00 BST.