Global FX DATA:

• • • ASIAN MARKET
      
      Asian share markets drifted lower on Monday while currencies kept to familiar ranges at the start of a busy week peppered with central bank meetings, corporate results and updates on U.S. inflation and payrolls.
       
    • GOLD
      
      Gold prices slipped on Monday as the dollar stood tall against its peers ahead of key central bank meetings and U.S. inflation and payrolls data this week.
       
  • • OIL
      
      Oil prices were mixed on Monday with WTI rising on the back of strong U.S. economic growth figures, while Brent began the week trading lower after posting its first weekly gain in four.
                                                     
    • IRAN
      
      Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh is imposing four-year term limits for all top oil managers at state-run energy companies, with the rule taking effect in October.
                                                                          
    • DOLLAR
      
      The dollar was steady against its peers on Monday, sticking to a tight range as market participants awaited key central bank meetings this week that could set the near-term course for currencies.
       
    • CRYPTO CURRENCY
      
      Bitcoin and other major virtual currencies prices edged down on Monday as Google followed Apple’s footsteps to ban on-device mining apps on its Play Store.
       
    • SINGAPORE
      
      A big drag on Singapore’s growth in recent years, the embattled offshore and marine industry, has broken a three-year losing streak. Yet industry executives aren’t betting on a return to the glory days anytime soon.
       

    • JAPAN
      
      Japan’s retail sales rebounded in June, recovering from a sharp drop in May and offering a sign of improved consumption in the second quarter.

    • CHINA
      
      Profits at China's industrial companies in June rose 20 percent from a year earlier, the statistics Bureau said on Friday, versus 21.1 percent gain in May.

    • ZIMBAWE
      
      Zimbabweans go to the polls on Monday in the first election since the removal of Robert Mugabe, a watershed vote they hope will rid the country of its global pariah status and spark a recovery in its failed economy.

    • INDIA
      
      Shares of women’s apparel maker TCNS Clothing Co Ltd fell 2 percent in their market debut on Monday following an 11.25 billion rupee ($163.99 million) initial public offering.

    • PAKISTAN
      
      Pakistan’s main opposition party called on Sunday for a judicial investigation into what it said was rigging at an election this week that it lost.

    • US
      
      U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would allow the federal government to shut down if Democrats do not fund his border wall and back immigration law changes, betting that maintaining a hard line will work in Republicans’ favor in November congressional elections.