Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      

      Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday with a surprise gain in Tokyo despite a missile test by North Korea early in the morning in Asia that rattled risk views.

    • GOLD
      
      
      Gold prices edged lower but held not far off a six-week high hit in the previous session, as investors awaited a confirmation hearing for U.S. Federal Reserve chair nominee Jerome Powell and a possible Senate vote on U.S. tax reforms.
       
    • OIL
      
      Oil prices fell on Wednesday on doubts OPEC and Russia will agree on extending a crude production cut that the market has already priced in, and after a report of an unexpected rise in U.S. crude oil inventories.
       
    • NORTH KOREA
      
      North Korea said it had successfully tested a powerful new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that splashed into the sea near Japan and put the entire U.S. mainland within range of its nuclear weapons.
       
    • INDIA
      
      The Reserve Bank of India is likely to leave interest rates unchanged at its December policy meeting and through the end of next year, despite expectations that inflation will breach its 4 percent target in the next few months.
       
    • PHILIPPINE
      
      Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has moved a step closer to securing a crucial source of funding for his massive infrastructure plans after senators approved a tax reform bill.
       
    • INDONESIA
      
      Bali airport will reopen on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said, two days after a volcanic eruption spread ash across the island and forced the airport to close.
       
    • INSTANBUL
      
      Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 360 people in an operation targeting supporters of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen within the army.
       
    • BRITAIN
      

      Britain has offered to pay much of what the European Union was demanding to settle a Brexit “divorce bill”, bringing the two sides close to agreement on a key obstacle to opening talks on a future free trade pact,

    • JAPAN
      
      Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso said on Wednesday consolidation and reorganization of financial institutions could be effective in enhancing Japan's financial stability.