Sino-U.S. Mutterings Dominate Headlines

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

• Nikkei 225 up 506.32 points at 29716.05
• ASX 200 up 57.976 points at 6771.9
• Shanghai Comp. up 13.028 points at 3449.859
• JGB 10-Yr future down 3 ticks at 151.02, yield up 0.8bp at 0.110%
• Aussie 10-Yr future down 5.2 ticks at 98.257, yield up 4.5bp at 1.699%
• U.S. 10-Yr future -0-04 at 132-15+, yield up 0.69bp at 1.544%
• WTI crude down $0.19 at $65.83, Gold down $3.20 at $1719.39
• USD/JPY up 20 pips at Y108.71
• BIDEN SIGNS RELIEF BILL, CHECKS TO HIT AS SOON AS THE WEEKEND
• U.S. SLAMS CHINA'S HK MOVE, TO RAISE XINJIANG GENOCIDE CHARGE IN TALKS (RTRS)
• U.S. IMPOSES NEW 5G LICENSE LIMITS ON SOME HUAWEI SUPPLIERS (BBG)
• ECB DOESN'T INTEND FASTER BOND-BUYING TO LEAD TO MORE STIMULUS (BBG)
• J&J SEES EU VACCINE DELIVERY TO BEGIN SECOND HALF OF APRIL (BBG)
• BOJ MULLING DITCHING OF ETF TARGET (MAINICHI)