Morning Update — 9 February 2026 (Mon)
🌏 Morning Update - 9 February 2026 (Mon)
📈 Market mood: Asian markets opened the week in a calm and orderly tone, with mostly modest moves across the region following last week’s strong close on Wall Street.
🌏 Asia:
• 🇨🇳 Chinese indices are trading in a narrow range, with moves limited to around ±0.25%.
• 🇦🇺 Australia’s AU200 is up 0.80%.
• 🇯🇵 Japan’s Nikkei 225 is higher by about 0.15%, after reacting to the results of the parliamentary elections, where the ruling party secured a decisive victory.
🗳️ Japan focus: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party won 316 out of 465 seats in the lower house, marking the most decisive post-war victory for a ruling party. Japanese equities hit new record highs, government bonds came under selling pressure, and the yen weakened sharply early in the session before stabilising later.
💱 FX: Overall FX trading is relatively quiet. The Japanese yen remains the main source of volatility, driven by market reaction to Japan’s election outcome and expectations of fiscal expansion.
🛢️ Commodities:
🥇 Gold rebounded 1.60%, moving back above $5,000 per ounce.
🥈 Silver jumped 5.50% to around $82 per ounce.
🛢️ WTI crude oil continues to trade near the $63 per barrel area.
🪙 Crypto: The cryptocurrency market has stabilised after last week’s sell-off. bitcoin is up about 0.25%, trading near $70,400, after briefly dipping toward the $60,000 area last week.
🗓️ Economic Calendar of the Day:
• 09:00 — 🇷🇴 Romania: Trade Balance (December)
• 18:00 — 🇩🇪 Bundesbank Chairman Nagel Speaks
👉 Stay focused on key levels and political-driven volatility, and follow NordFX for market updates throughout the day.
🌏 Morning Update — 9 February 2026 (Mon) was originally published in Coinmonks on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
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