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STOCKS: The major Asia-Pacific equity benchmarks trade marginally mixed, as

questions over the U.S.-China trade spat continue to hang over the region after

the NYT reported that "the Trump administration is considering limits to a

Chinese video surveillance giant's ability to buy American technology, people

familiar with the matter said, the latest attempt to counter Beijing's global

economic ambitions. The move would effectively place the company, Hikvision, on

a United States blacklist. It also would mark the first time the Trump

administration punished a Chinese company for its role in the surveillance and

mass detention of Uighurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority."

- This came after the Chinese ambassador to the U.S. noted that the door is

still open re: further trade talks.

- Nikkei 225 +0.3%, Hang Seng +0.2%, CSI 300 unch., ASX 200 -0.1%.

- S&P 500 index futures +1, DJIA futures +8, NASDAQ 100 futures -1.