The first half of today's Asia-Pac session....>

FOREX: The first half of today's Asia-Pac session has been lacklustre and saw

G10 FX crosses operate within very tight ranges. NZD has outperformed at the

margin. Worth noting the RBNZ has said that "as of 2018, the EMS measure

indicates near-record levels of monetary stimulus" in an analytical document

published earlier today.

- JPY slid to Y111.06, but eventually returned to unchanged levels, as the

Nikkei 225 opened on the back foot and remained in the red, in an apparent

carryover from yesterday's disappointing sessions in European & U.S. equity

markets.

- ECB MonPol decision, FOMC Mar MonPol meeting minutes, U.S. & Norwegian CPIs,

UK GDP, as well as industrial output data from the U.S., UK, Italy & France take

focus today. The emergency Brexit EU summit will also be closely watched. RBA

Dep Gov Debelle, BoJ Gov Kuroda, Riksbank Dep Gov Ohlsson, ECB Pres Draghi, ECB'

Coeure and Fed Vice Chair Quarles will speak.