Global FX DATA:

• • • ASIAN MARKET
      
      Asian share markets rallied on Monday as favourable U.S. jobs data whetted risk appetites, while sterling slipped after two members of the British government resigned over Brexit and put the future of Prime Minister Theresa May in doubt.
       
    • GOLD
      
      Gold prices gained on Monday on a softer a dollar and threat of a full-blown trade war after US tariffs on $US34 billion worth of Chinese goods took effect on Friday, while China's commerce ministry retaliated with 25 per cent tariffs on $US34 billion worth of US imports.
       
  • • OIL
      
      Oil prices rose on Monday as investors focused on tight market conditions after data late last week showed U.S. crude inventories fell to their lowest in more than three years.
       
    • INDIA
      
      Embattled Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya said on Sunday he will comply fully with court enforcement officers seeking to seize his British assets, but there was not much for them to take as his family’s lavish residences were not in his name.
       
    • DOLLAR
      
      The dollar struggled near 3-1/2-week lows against its peers on Monday after U.S. jobs data showed slower-than-expected wage growth, while the pound retreated as a key member of Britain’s cabinet resigned over Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan.
       
    • CRYPTO CURRENCY
      
      Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies slipped on Monday, although reports that a French official said crypto should not be regulated were cited as supportive earlier.

    • RBI
      
      The Reserve Bank of India monetary policy committee struck a balanced note on its rate stance going forward and cited rising inflation pressure due to high oil prices as the key reason for raising interest rates in the June meeting, according to minutes of the meeting released by the RBI.

    • JAPAN
      
      Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed widespread floods and landslides that killed nearly 100, with dozens missing.

    • BRAZIL
      
      Brazilian Judge Sergio Moro stymied another judge’s effort on Sunday to release jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, highlighting the legal battle around the country’s most popular politician ahead of this year’s presidential election.

    • CHINA
      
      China's foreign exchange reserves unexpectedly rose in June, bolstered by an increase in the value of its U.S. Treasury holdings in an otherwise volatile month for Chinese markets, which were battered by fears about a Sino-U.S. trade war.
       

    • THAILAND
      
      Four of 12 Thai schoolboys were rescued from a flooded cave on Sunday in a daring and dangerous operation to save the children and their soccer coach who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks.

    • US
      
      Rising trade tensions between the United States and China will negatively affect the economic growth of other countries, Indonesia's central bank governor said on Monday

    • UK
      
      A British woman died on Sunday after she was poisoned by the same nerve agent that struck a former Russian spy in March and triggered a crisis in relations between Western capitals and Moscow.