Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      

      Asian shares regained some poise on Friday after a tough week in which the gathering risk of a U.S. rate rise lifted Treasury yields toward nine-year highs and boosted borrowing costs across the region.

       
    • GOLD
      
      

      Gold prices fell slightly in Asia on Friday as investors looked for support from physical markets in India with China entering a week-long holiday period next month and trade expected to ease..

    • OIL
      
      Oil prices rose on Friday, with both Brent and U.S. crude set to chalk up another weekly gain as investors bet that efforts to cut a global glut are working and that the demand outlook is improving..
       
    • US
      
      The U.S. office vacancy remained flat for the third quarter in a row, real estate research firm Reis Inc.“The vacancy rate could continue to stay flat as occupancy grows at or near the same pace as new completions just as it has over the last two years. This should keep a lid on rent growth over this year and next,” 
       
    • SOUTH KOREA
      
       South Korea’s financial regulator on Friday said it will ban raising money through all forms of virtual currencies, a move that follows similar restrictions in China on initial coin offerings..
       
    • JAPAN
      
      Japan’s core inflation accelerated in August, industrial output rose more than expected and demand for labour remained at its strongest in over 40 years in a further sign of solid momentum in the world’s third-largest economy.
       
    • CHINA
      
      The value of Chinese overseas merger-and-acquisition (M&A) deals jumped in the third quarter after several large transactions, and dealmakers expect continued momentum as recovering economic fundamentals damp the need for restrictions on capital outflows..
       
    • HAWAII
      
      A team of scientists won approval from Hawaii officials on Thursday to build a $1.4 billion telescope atop a volcano indigenous people consider sacred, but opponents vowed to continue fighting.
       
    • INDIA
      
      Indian Energy Exchange Ltd has set a price range of 1,645-1,650 rupees per share for its initial public offering that opens on Oct. 9, to raise up to 10.01 billion rupees, according to a public notice on Friday.Shareholders of the electricity exchange are selling a little over 6 million shares, or 20 percent of the post-issue paid-up capital, in the IPO that closes for subscription on Oct. 11.