• APAC stocks were positive after taking impetus from the rally on Wall St while the region also digested a slew of earnings, data and the BoJ.
• BoJ kept policy settings unchanged, tweaked its forward guidance which remained dovish and announced it is to conduct a policy review.
• Amazon shares initially rose by some 9% in after-hours trade post-earnings before dropping to losses of 2% with some highlighting the Co. signalling lower AWS growth.
• European equity futures are indicative of a firmer open with Euro Stoxx 50 future +0.4% after the cash market closed higher by 0.2% yesterday.
• DXY is broadly firmer vs. peers, EUR/USD maintains 1.10 status, JPY lags post-BoJ and Cable fails to hold onto a 1.25 handle.
• Looking ahead, highlights include EZ GDP Flash, German HICP Prelim., US PCE Price Index, ECI, Speech from ECB's Lagarde, Earnings from Mercedes-Benz, NatWest, Colgate, Berkshire Hathaway & Chevron.

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