Sino-U.S. trade tensions came to the.....>

DOLLAR-YEN: Sino-U.S. trade tensions came to the fore in the second half of the

session and sparked off risk-off flows, which lifted the yen to the top of the

G10 leaderboard. BBG covered reports from Chinese media, which noted that ""if

the U.S. doesn't make any new moves that truly show sincerity, then it is

meaningless for its officials to come to China and have trade talks." This

occurred after USD/JPY had a brief look above Y110.00 on the back of a positive

showing from the Nikkei 225.

- USD/JPY last seen at Y109.71, 14 pips lower on the day. A break of the 100-HMA

at Y109.58 would draw bearish attention to Monday's 3-month low of Y109.02.

Meanwhile, bulls look for a clean breach of Y110.00, while $1.22bn worth of

options with strikes at the figure expire at today's NY cut.

- BoJ Gov Kuroda said overnight that the BOJ sees a fair possibility it will

maintain the current easy policy beyond the announced spring 2020.

- Japanese focus next week turns to flash GDP data and industrial output (f) due

Mon. Core machine orders & trade balance hit on Weds, Nikkei m'fing PMI follows

on Thurs, while national CPI comes out on Fri. BoJ's Harada speaks on Weds.