Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      

      Asian shares rose on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street’s rally to all-time highs, while the euro hovered near a 10-day peak after Catalonia’s leader talked down immediate plans to secede from Spain, easing near-term concerns about euro zone instability.

       
    • GOLD
      
      

      Gold rose for a fourth day on Wednesday, after hitting a near two-week high in the previous session, supported by weakness in the U.S. dollar.

    • OIL
      
      Oil prices edged up on Wednesday, extending 2 percent gains recorded the previous day, on signs that markets are gradually tightening after years of oversupply, although the outlook for 2018 remained less certain.
       
    • US
      
      The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met with top defence officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea.
       

    • AUSTRALIA
      
      Australia’s Jason Behrendorff took four wickets for 21 in an inspired spell of fast bowling to set up an eight-wicket win over India in the second Twenty20 international on Tuesday, squaring the three-match series at 1-1.

    • BOLIVIANS
      
      Thousands of Bolivians marched through streets across the Andean country on Tuesday to protest a new bid by leftist President Evo Morales to clear the way for him to run for a fourth term in 2019.
       
    • THAILAND
      
      Thailand is putting the finishing touches this month to a lavish five-day funeral ceremony in a final goodbye to its late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who helped shape the Southeast Asian nation for decades after World War Two.
       
    • HONGKONG
      
      Hong Kong’s securities regulator is probing “substandard work” by 15 firms in their roles as sponsors for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Asian financial hub.The sloppy work from the 15 unnamed sponsors, as investment banks and securities firms that underwrite listings are called, caused billions of dollars in investment losses.
       
    • NEW ZEALAND
      
      The leader of the small nationalist party that will decide New Zealand’s next government said on Wednesday that “huge” progress had been made in coalition talks, but he has dropped a self-imposed deadline of Oct. 12 to announce the new government.
       
    • UK
      
       Prime Minister Theresa May has reaffirmed Britain’s commitment to a 2015 Iran nuclear deal in a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of a key U.S. decision on whether Tehran has stuck to the terms of the pact.
       
    • JAPAN
      
      The alert level for Shinmoe, a volcano in Japan’s southwestern Kyushu region, has been raised to 3 on a scale 5 after a small-scale eruption on Wednesday.A level 3 alert advises people not to approach the volcano. The top level 5 would order evacuation.
       
    • NORTH KOREA
      
      North Korean hackers stole a large amount of classified military documents, including South Korea-U.S. wartime operational plans to wipe out the North Korean leadership, a South Korean ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday.