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Vaccines Give Glimmer Of Hope As World Continues Fight Against Covid

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Below gives key levels of markets in the second half of the Asia-Pac session:

  • Nikkei 225 down 209.18 points at 27239.8
  • ASX 200 up 97.103 points at 6684.2
  • Shanghai Comp. up 30.941 points at 3504.01
  • JGB 10-Yr future down 3 ticks at 151.89, yield unch. at 0.021%
  • Aussie 10-Yr future down 1 ticks at 98.97, yield up 1.2bp at 1.017%
  • U.S. 10-Yr future -0-06+ at 137-28, yield up 2.83bp at 0.942%
  • WTI crude up $0.5 at $49.02, Gold up $22.92 at $1921.5
  • USD/JPY down 16 pips at Y103.04
  • UK PM JOHNSON: COVID RULES "PROBABLY GOING TO GET TOUGHER" (BBC)
  • UK PM JOHNSON COULD LOSE HIS SEAT AND MAJORITY AT NEXT ELECTION (RTRS)
  • TRUMP PRESSURES GEORGIA SEC OF STATE TO OVERTURN HIS DEFEAT (Washington Post)
  • FAUCI: VACCINATIONS ARE RAMPING UP IN A "GLIMMER OF HOPE" (AP)
  • OPEC SECGEN: READY TO ADJUST OIL OUTPUT INCREASES (RTRS)

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