Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      

      Asian stocks rose on Friday and the dollar hit a seven-week peak, riding on economic optimism ahead of a U.S. job report later in the day.

       
    • GOLD
      
      

      Gold was steady on Friday ahead of key U.S. jobs data later in the day, with prices curbed as the dollar stood firm near a seven-week high.Spot gold was little changed at $1,267.95 an ounce at 0340 GMT. The metal was, however, down 0.9 percent for the week and headed for a fourth weekly decline.

    • OIL
      
      Oil markets were cautious on Friday as traders monitored a tropical storm heading for the Gulf of Mexico and as China remained closed for a week-long public holiday.But the prospect of extended oil production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other producers led by Russia helped support prices.
       
    • BRAZIL
      
      For 28-year-old Rohingya Muslim shopkeeper Mohammed Rashid, the evening phone call from organisers of the fledgling insurgent movement came as a surprise.
       

    • JAPAN
      
       Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday he would meet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Washington D.C. on Oct. 16 for the second round of an economic dialogue between the two countries.

    • LAS VEGAS
      
      Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel pulled out a late flier around the Suzuka Circuit to set the pace ahead of Formula One title rival Lewis Hamilton in Friday’s first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix.
       
    • SYRIA
      
      An unspecified number of U.S. military commandos were killed or wounded in an ambush in Niger.The officials declined to speculate on the number of casualties. The New York Times reported that three Army Green Berets were killed and two others wounded in the attack in the West African country.
       
    • CHINA
      
      Military jets believed to be Russian killed at least 60 civilians trying to flee heavy fighting in the oil rich Deir al Zor province of Syria when their small boats were targeted as they sought to cross the Euphrates River, opposition activists, former residents and a war monitor said late on Wednesday.
       
    • MEXICO
      
      Mexican officials warned on Thursday that U.S. proposals in ongoing NAFTA negotiations would result in protectionism and higher prices rather than free trade, as concerns about the future of the deal helped drag the peso to four-month lows.