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EQUITIES: The major equity indices struggled to gain any real upside traction in

the final Asia-Pac session of the month, with the focus on President Trump's

impending address re: China, after the announcement of the President's Friday

presser pushed Wall St. stocks lower into the bell on Thursday.

- Elsewhere, Sino-U.S. tensions, in addition to general Hong Kong and Taiwan

frictions, provided little for bulls to latch onto during a news light session.

- A reminder that the models that we have seen point to month-end rebalancing

out of U.S. stocks and into bonds.

- The major regional indices and U.S. equity indices have managed to recover

from intraday lows, but activity has been fairly limited.

- Nikkei 225 -0.3%%, Hang Seng, -0.6%, CSI 300 unch., ASX 200 -0.9%.

- S&P 500 futures -11, DJIA futures -110, NASDAQ 100 futures -20.