Plenty To Digest Over Long Easter Weekend

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

• Nikkei 225 down 329.67 points at 26763.52
• ASX 200 is closed
• Shanghai Comp. down 24.898 points at 3186.347
• JGB 10-Yr future down 9 ticks at 149.32, yield up 0.2bp at 0.243%
• ACGBs are closed
• U.S. 10-Yr future down 0-15 ticks at 119-15, yield up 4.45bp at 2.872%
• WTI crude up $0.95 at $107.90, Gold up $6.62 at $1984.85
• USD/JPY up 15 pips at Y126.61
• CHINESE GDP TOPS ESTIMATES, MARCH ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DATA A LITTLE MORE MIXED
• MORE CHINESE CITIES INTRODUCE COVID RESTRICTIONS, SHANGHAI SKETCHES OUT EXIT PLAN
• PBOC CUT RRR BY SMALLER THAN EXPECTED AMOUNT
• UKRAINE-RUSSIA CONFLICT CONTINUES, WITH NO SIGN OF AN END, EU EYES MORE SANCTIONS
• ECB SHOULD RAISE RATES BY 50BPS IN FALL, HOLZMANN SAYS (BBG)
• BOJ’S KURODA WARNS RECENT YEN MOVES ‘QUITE SHARP,’ MAY HURT BUSINESSES (CNBC)