Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      

      Asian stocks fell and the Japanese yen and Swiss franc gained on the mooted possibility of North Korea conducting another hydrogen bomb test, this time in the Pacific Ocean.

       
    • GOLD
      
      

      Gold edged up from a four-week low as the latest twist in tensions between the United States and North Korea prompted investors to seek out the safe-haven asset.

    • OIL
      
      Oil prices stood little changed on Monday, keeping most of their gains from the previous session to hold near their highest levels in months, as major producers meeting in Vienna said the market was well on its way towards rebalancing.
       
    • BRITAIN
      
      Britain’s Labour Party is ready to take charge of talks to leave the European Union and be “the grown ups in the room”, the party’s Brexit spokesman will say on Monday, attacking what he calls the “incompetence” of the ruling Conservatives.
       
    • NEWZEALAND
      
      New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English said on Monday it could take weeks for the country to form a new government after a weekend general election left a nationalist minor party in the role of kingmaker.
       
    • US
      
      The Trump administration’s announcement on Sunday that it is issuing new travel restrictions on people entering the United States from eight countries could lead to an upcoming Supreme Court case on its previous more controversial ban ending in a whimper rather than a bang.
       
    • MAYANMAR
      
      Myanmar government forces found on Sunday the bodies of 28 Hindu villagers who authorities suspected were killed by Muslim insurgents last month, at the beginning of a spasm of violence that has sent 430,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh.
       
    • AUSTRALIA
      
      Australia’s prudential regulator should be given powers as soon as October to cap bank executives’ salaries, delay their bonuses and drive them out of the industry if they were guilty of wrongdoing, Treasurer Scott Morrison said on Monday.
       
    • JAPAN
      
      Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected on Monday to announce a snap election for next month to take advantage of improved ratings and opposition disarray, despite criticism that he is creating a political vacuum amid worries over North Korea.