Talk Of China Trimming Travel Quarantine Support Sentiment Into London

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

• Nikkei 225 down 214.73 points at 27042.65
• ASX 200 down 69.356 points at 6730.7
• Shanghai Comp. up 20.869 points at 3065.247
• JGB 10-Yr future down 29 ticks at 147.88, yield down 0.1bp at 0.256%
• Aussie 10-Yr future down 11.5 ticks at 95.92, yield up 11.5bp at 4.06%
• U.S. 10-Yr future down -0-04+ ticks at 109-27+, yield up 1.08bp at 4.1443%
• WTI crude up $1.24 at $86.79, Gold up $3.13 at $1632.5
• USD/JPY up 3 pips at Y149.93
• FED’S BULLARD SEES 2023 SHIFT WITH END OF FRONT-LOADING HIKES (BBG)
• FED ‘HONING IN' ON APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RATES – EVANS (MNI)
• TRUSS’S GOVERNMENT ON THE BRINK AS TORIES AGITATE FOR HER TO GO (BBG)
• ‘DAYS LEFT FOR LIZ TRUSS’ AS MPS MOVE AGAINST HER (THE TIMES)
• BOE WON'T HOLD BONDS BOUGHT AFTER MINI-BUDGET FOR 'LONG TIME', SAYS CUNLIFFE (RTRS)
• CHINA DEBATING CUT TO COVID QUARANTINE FOR INBOUND TRAVELERS (BBG)
• CHINA GATHERS CHIP FIRMS FOR EMERGENCY TALKS AFTER BIDEN CURBS (BBG)