Global FX DATA:

• • • ASIAN MARKET
      
      Asian shares extended their bull run on Monday amid upbeat corporate earnings and strong global economic growth, while the dollar tried to bounce even as the White House continued to complain of “unfair” trade practices by competitors.
       
    • GOLD
      

      Gold prices dipped in Asia on Monday with a mild rebound in the dollar prompting some physical selling.

    • OIL
      
      Crude oil prices opened slightly higher in Asia on Monday with the tailwind from a weaker dollar aiding sentiment.oil prices ended Friday's session close to their strongest level since late 2014, amid ongoing optimism that OPEC-led output cuts would continue to drain the market of excess supplies.
       
    • CHINA
      
       Singapore ousted China to become the biggest Asian investor in U.S. commercial property last year.It was the first time since 2012 that the city outspent China, according to data from Real Capital Analytics and Cushman & Wakefield Inc. Deals by Chinese investors plunged 66 percent to $5.9 billion as regulators cracked down on capital outflows.
       
    • DOLLAR
      
      Indian shares climbed to an all-time high on Monday on positive sentiment ahead of the release of the government’s annual economic survey later in the day and the 2018-19 fiscal budget later this week.The economic survey, due to be released around 0630 GMT (1200 India time), provides the government’s forecasts across key metrics such as growth and inflation, and is seen in markets as a harbinger of the federal budget, which will be unveiled on Thursday.
       
    • CRYPTOCURRENCY
      
      Worries about a crackdown by global regulators on cryptocurrency trading could slow the pace of bitcoin’s rise but should not threaten its existence, At the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, investors and executives interviewed by Reuters were unfazed by government moves to further regulate cryptocurrencies, which have sent prices into a tailspin.
       
    • IRAN
      
      An 81-year-old Iranian-American man imprisoned in Iran, Baquer Namazi, has received a four-day leave from the Iranian government until Thursday after being discharged from a hospital.Earlier this month, Namazi, who was detained in February 2016 and later convicted of espionage charges that he denied, was taken to the hospital for the fourth time in the past year after a severe drop in his blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat, depletion of energy and his coloring turning white, his lawyer, Jared Genser.

    • CYPRUS
      
      Incumbent Nicos Anastasiades will face leftist-backed candidate Stavros Malas in a presidential runoff on Feb. 4, election results showed on Sunday, in a race that could define whether peace talks with Turkish Cypriots can resume this year.

    • AUSTRALIA
      
      Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Monday Australian military equipment manufacturers will be offered government-backed loans as part of a package to become one of the world’s top 10 defence exporters.

    • JAPAN
      
      Japan’s financial regulator on Monday ordered Coincheck to get its act together after hackers stole of digital money from its exchange, jolting the nation’s cryptocurrency market in one of the biggest cyber heists.

    • MEXICO
      
      Mexican officials said on Sunday the government was set to unleash a new wave of troops to crack down on criminal groups in regions where a surge in violence led to more than 25,000 murders last year.

    • INDIA
      
       India’s government may look to raise as much as a record 1 trillion rupees from the sale of state assets in the next fiscal year to help meet tough fiscal deficit limits while giving it room to boost spending and woo voters before general elections that must be called by early 2019.