The early part of today's Asia-Pacific........>

FOREX: The early part of today's Asia-Pacific session saw UK PM May and the EU27

leaders emerge from a summit, where they negotiated the possible extension of

Article 50. The EU accepted May's bid to delay Brexit to May 22, but only on the

condition that her Brexit deal passes the parliament by Apr 12. Otherwise, the

UK must decide on the fate of Brexit until Apr 12; according to EU Council Pres

Tusk, options on the table include the current divorce agreement, a no-deal

exit, a long delay and revoking Art. 50. Sterling benefitted from the news and

modestly outperforms its G10 peers at writing.

- The yen has also been relatively strong, as the Nikkei 225 slid into negative

territory after opening on the front foot. Domestic data releases have been

largely ignored by JPY, with the Nikkei m'fing PMI unch. at 48.9 and national

core CPI printing at 0.7% Y/Y, undershooting exp.

- NZD has posted modest gains as well, while AUD fell to the bottom of the G10

currency board.

- Focus today turns to global flash PMI data, as well as Canadian CPI and retail

sales. Elsewhere, ECB's de Guindos & Angeloni are due to speak.