{"id":193999,"date":"2026-07-07T13:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=193999"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:49:21","slug":"nordfx-morning-update-july-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=193999","title":{"rendered":"NordFX Morning Update \u2014 July 7, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf0f <strong>Asian Markets:<\/strong> Kospi leads regional losses, down over 4% as Samsung (\u20135%+) and SK Hynix slide despite Samsung beating profit forecasts. Nikkei 225 off ~1.2% to 68,883. Shanghai Composite \u20130.6% to 4,017, Hang Seng holds up better, +0.4% to\u00a023,708.<\/p>\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Geopolitics:<\/strong> Iran\u2019s military reportedly struck commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, breaking a one-week truce\u200a\u2014\u200araising fresh risk to the US-Iran deal and lifting oil modestly.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcb5 <strong>USD:<\/strong> Dollar stays soft after Friday\u2019s weak NFP (+57K vs 110K expected, unemployment 4.2%). Markets await Wednesday\u2019s FOMC minutes for clues on Chair Warsh\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcb4 <strong>USD\/JPY:<\/strong> Slipped back below 162.00 on the Hormuz headlines and soft Fed-hike\u00a0bets.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd47 <strong>Gold:<\/strong> Eased back from a two-week high near $4,175\u20134,188 as investors await the FOMC\u00a0minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee2\ufe0f <strong>Oil:<\/strong> Firming modestly on Hormuz tensions, though Saudi price cuts and an OPEC+ output hike keep a lid on\u00a0gains.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Today\u2019s focus:<\/strong> US ADP employment change, FOMC minutes Wednesday, Samsung\u2019s earnings follow-through, and any escalation in the Strait of\u00a0Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f Trade safe and manage your risk!\u00a0\ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\/nordfx-morning-update-july-7-2026-a1e4561c32db\">\ud83d\udcca NordFX Morning Update \u2014 July 7, 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>\ud83c\udf0f Asian Markets: Kospi leads regional losses, down over 4% as Samsung (\u20135%+) and SK Hynix slide despite Samsung beating profit forecasts. Nikkei 225 off ~1.2% to 68,883. Shanghai Composite \u20130.6% to 4,017, Hang Seng holds up better, +0.4% to\u00a023,708. \u26a0\ufe0f Geopolitics: Iran\u2019s military reportedly struck commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, breaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":194000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193999","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\/193999"}],"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=193999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/194000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}