In Australia, the RBA interest rate will be decided at 4.35% on March 19, which is expected to be 4.35% and the previous value was 4.35%.

The Reserve Bank of Australia will announce its interest rate decision in ten minutes.

Japan Broadcasting Association NHK: Regarding the Bank of Japan’s 2% price stability target in the form of wage increases, some policy members believe that it should be carefully considered, but most members believe that the goal can be foreseen.

USD/JPY fell nearly 25 points in the short term and is now at 149.31.

Black futures rose in the short term, with the main iron ore contract rising by more than 5%, the main coking coal contract rising by more than 3%, and the main hot coil, rebar, and coke contracts rising by more than 2%.

The main contract of coking coal rose by more than 3% and is now quoted at 1,623.5 yuan/ton; the main contract of coking coal rose by 2.00% during the day and is now quoted at 2,169.50 yuan/ton.

The main iron ore contract continues to rise, with an intraday increase of more than 5% and is currently at 824.5 yuan/ton.

The main contract of coking coal rose by 2.00% during the day and is now quoted at 1,605.50 yuan/ton.

The main contract of rebar expanded to 2.00% during the day and is now quoted at 3544.00 yuan/ton.

The main iron ore contract rose 4.00% during the day and is currently trading at 816.50 yuan/ton.

The main contract of the Container Shipping Index (European Line) expanded to 6.00% during the day and is now at 1929.6 points.

The main contract of low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) expanded to 2.00% during the day and is now trading at 4567.00 yuan/ton.

Japanese stocks fell, with the Topix falling 0.3% and the Nikkei 225 falling 0.8%.

Bitcoin hit $66,000 per coin, down 2.02% on the day. The U.S. dollar index DXY rose to 103.66, its highest level since March 6. GBP/USD fell to around a two-week low of 1.2713.

Sources: US lawmakers reach funding deal to avert government shutdown.