Global FX DATA:

• • • ASIAN MARKET
      
      Asian shares and U.S. stock futures sank on Tuesday, after Wall Street suffered its biggest decline since 2011 as investors’ faith in factors underpinning a bull run in markets began to crumble.
       
    • GOLD
      
      Gold prices gained in Asia on Tuesday as safe-have demand for the precious metal came to the fore following a rout in US stocks that carried over into the region and sent Tokyo down as much as 5%.
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    • OIL
      
      Oil prices dropped by 1 percent on Tuesday, extending falls from the previous session as global financial markets headed south in the wake of one of the biggest intra-day falls ever registered on Wall Street.
       
    • SOUTH KOREA
      
      South Korea's intelligence agency told lawmakers North Korean hackers could have been behind the $530 million theft of virtual coins from a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange last month, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
       
    • DOLLAR
      
       The dollar stood tall on Tuesday as a rout in global equities prompted anxious investors to cut exposure to riskier assets and seek shelter in the relative safety of the greenback.
       
    • CRYPTOCURRENCY
      
      Digital currency bitcoin fell more than 15 percent on Monday to a nearly three-month low amid a slew of concerns ranging from a global regulatory clampdown to a ban on using credit cards to buy bitcoin by British and U.S. banks.
      
       
    • AUSTRALIA
      
      The Reserve Bank of Australia held its cash rate steady at a record low 1.50% as expected on Tuesday and noted in its statement that the decision was consistent with policy goals on inflation.

    • US
      
      The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Tuesday on a short-term measure to fund the federal government through March 23 and avert another shutdown, Republican House members said on Monday.

    • INDIA
      
      Indian federal agents said on Monday they had launched an investigation into billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, one of the country’s richest men, over accusations that he and others defrauded a state bank of $44 million.

    • CHINA
      
      China's securities regulator has approved an application from the Dalian Commodity Exchange to launch a hog futures contract,China's state planner and South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding for further cooperation on semiconductors.