{"id":141274,"date":"2026-03-11T07:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=141274"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:25:12","slug":"morning-update-march-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=141274","title":{"rendered":"Morning Update &#8211; March 11, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Markets remain focused on geopolitical risks around the <strong>Strait of Hormuz<\/strong>, one of the world\u2019s most critical oil shipping\u00a0routes.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>US military reported destroying Iranian vessels suspected of preparing to lay naval mines near the strait<\/strong>, while Washington warned Tehran against attempts to disrupt maritime traffic. Another container ship was reportedly damaged by a missile near the <strong>United Arab Emirates<\/strong>, highlighting the growing risks for global trade\u00a0routes.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee2 <strong>Oil markets remain extremely sensitive to developments in the region.<\/strong> At the same time, the <strong>International Energy Agency is reportedly considering a large coordinated release of strategic oil reserves<\/strong>, which could help stabilise supply if tensions escalate\u00a0further.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Asian markets rose despite the geopolitical backdrop.<\/strong> Japan\u2019s <strong>Nikkei<\/strong> moved above the <strong>55,000 level<\/strong>, while Chinese equities also gained, supported by strength in the new energy technology sector.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcb1 In the forex market, the <strong>Australian dollar is among the stronger currencies today<\/strong>. Hawkish comments from <strong>RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser<\/strong> increased expectations of possible interest-rate hikes in coming months, supporting <strong>AUDUSD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe6 In Japan, economists widely expect the <strong>Bank of Japan<\/strong> to keep interest rates unchanged at the upcoming meeting, although markets still anticipate gradual tightening later this\u00a0year.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcca <strong>Today\u2019s key event:<\/strong> the <strong>US CPI report for February<\/strong>, which could become the main volatility trigger across currencies, commodities, and equity\u00a0markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u26a1 <strong>Market focus today:<\/strong> Middle East developments, oil market stability, and US inflation data.<\/p>\n<p>Trade carefully and stay with <strong>NordFX<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\/morning-update-march-11-2026-f3c34fb55afd\">\ud83c\udf05 Morning Update &#8211; March 11, 2026<\/a> was originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\">Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Markets remain focused on geopolitical risks around the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world\u2019s most critical oil shipping\u00a0routes. The US military reported destroying Iranian vessels suspected of preparing to lay naval mines near the strait, while Washington warned Tehran against attempts to disrupt maritime traffic. Another container ship was reportedly damaged by a missile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":141275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}