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STOCKS: Most of the major regional equity indices struggled in Asia-Pac hours,

with U.S. equity index futures also edging lower as U.S. officials and source

reports drew questions re: what will come after the signing of the impending

Sino-U.S. phase 1 trade deal, as well a seemingly continued hard line stance

from the Trump administration vs. Huawei.

- The ASX 200 was the exception to the rule, registering fresh all-time highs,

trading a little shy of the psychological 7,000 mark.

- Chinese equity markets placed more focus on the aforementioned trade matters,

as opposed to the latest round of liquidity injections from the PBoC (which came

in the form of MLF & reverse repo ops).

- Nikkei 225 -0.5%, Hang Seng -0.7%, CSI 300 -0.7%, ASX 200 +0.3%.

- S&P 500 futures -10, DJIA futures -88, NASDAQ 100 futures -31.