Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      

      Asian stocks gave back earlier modest gains and fell back from a decade high on Monday, weighed by weakness in the Chinese and South Korean markets, while the euro reached a two-month top against the dollar.

    • GOLD
      
      
       Gold edged higher in Asia on Monday with the market looking ahead to a change of guard at the Federal Reserve this week and setting the stage for the December meeting widely expected to hike rates.
       
    • OIL
      
       U.S. oil prices dipped on Monday, easing from two-year highs on the prospect of increased U.S. output, although global markets were slightly better supported by expectations an OPEC-led supply cut will be extended.
       
    • CHINA
      
      Profits at China's industrial firms continued to grow at a robust pace last month despite a slight cooling from a sizzling September as companies benefit from strong commodities prices, with mining and heavy industry contributing the biggest gains.
       
    • UK
      
      The British government launched a new strategy for industry on Monday, aiming to intervene in key sectors to tackle weak productivity and bolster businesses to counter any new problems caused by Brexit.
       
    • EGYPT
      
      A Cairo court on Sunday released 17 people arrested last month during a crackdown by the authorities on homosexuality.They had been charged with practising homosexuality and inciting debauchery and were sentenced to three years in prison should they fail to pay a fine of 5,000 Egyptian pounds .
       
    • US
      
      U.S. media company Meredith Corp said on Sunday it will buy Time Inc, the publisher of People, Sports Illustrated and Fortune magazines, in a $1.84 billion all-cash deal backed by conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.
       
    • MEXICO
      
      Mexico’s transparency body said on Sunday it would seek information from Uber about the consequences of a large data breach that the ride-hailing company disclosed on Tuesday.
       
    • BALI
      

      The closure of I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport on the Indonesian island of Bali due to a volcanic eruption has affected 445 flights, including 196 international routes
       

    • BEIJING
      
      Beijing will hire permanent inspectors to provide oversight at every one of its kindergartens following child abuse allegations at a facility run by the New York-listed RYB Education
       

    • INDONESIA
      
      Indonesia raised its warning for Bali’s Mount Agung volcano to the top level four alert on Monday, closed the holiday island’s airport and told residents near the summit to immediately evacuate, warning of the “imminent” risk of a larger eruption.

    • PAKISTAN
      
      A Pakistani Islamist group whose supporters clashed with the police over the weekend is to call off its weeks-long protest after the government agreed to its demands and the law minister resigned