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FOREX: Today's Asia-Pac session saw GBP land at the bottom of the G10 pile,

ahead of the Commons' vote on Brexit deal amendments scheduled for 1900GMT. PM

May reportedly wants her MPs to support replacing the Irish backstop with

"alternative arrangements", which sets her on a collision course with Brussels. 

- AUD underperformed in early trade, weighed on by a soft AU biz. conditions

print (within the NAB Business Survey), but pared losses after RBA board member

Harper reiterated that he believes the next rate move will be up, pointing to a

strong budget outlook and labour mkt. The early AUD weakness limited NZD to a

degree, but kiwi recovered & climbed to the top of the G10 leaderboard. 

- The yen remained strong overnight, as it drew support from underperforming

equities & early risk-off flows sparked off by a WSJ story highlighting sharp

division in the ongoing Sino-U.S. trade talks, elsewhere, tensions are riding

high over the Huawei CFO situation. 

- Focus today turns to U.S. cons. conf., aforementioned votes in the British

parliament & Apple's earnings report. Elsewhere, ECB's Villeroy, as well as

Riksbank's Floden & Ingves will speak.