Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      

      Asian shares rose, shrugging off modest losses on Wall Street, while expectations of another U.S. interest rate increase this year continued to underpin the dollar.

       
    • GOLD
      
      

      Gold prices rose on Monday, erasing all of the previous week’s losses, as a weaker dollar and the resilience of a key chart level removed some downward pressure, while the return of Chinese buyers to the market also lent support.

    • OIL
      
      Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as OPEC said there were clear signs the market was rebalancing and as U.S. production remained offline following Hurricane Nate.
       
    • AUSTRALIA
      
      Australia’s High Court began a three-day hearing on Tuesday to determine the eligibility of seven lawmakers who may hold dual citizenship, a case that could determine whether the government is able to maintain its razor-thin majority.
       

    • JAPAN
      
      Election campaigning began in earnest in Japan on Tuesday with conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aiming to shake off suspected cronyism scandals and repulse the challenge from an upstart new party to extend his near-five year hold on power.

    • SRI LANKA
      
      Two people have been arrested in Sri Lanka for suspected money laundering from a Taiwanese bank whose computer system was hacked to enable illicit transactions abroad, police said on Monday.
       
    • GERMAN
      
       German exports outpaced imports in August, widening the trade surplus and adding to evidence that Europe’s biggest economy performed strongly in the third quarter
       
    • CHINA
      
      China will have no problem meeting its economic growth target of around 6.5 percent this year, and may even beat it, the head of the Statistics Bureau said on Tuesday, confirming widespread market expectations.