{"id":30182,"date":"2026-03-09T06:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/uncategorized\/30182\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T06:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:59:16","slug":"during-the-asian-session-the-australian-dollar-slips-0-65-to-0-6985-versus-the-us-dollar-amid-iran-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/live-updates\/30182\/","title":{"rendered":"During the Asian session, the Australian Dollar slips 0.65% to 0.6985 versus the US Dollar amid Iran tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"The Australian Dollar fell 0.65% to about 0.6985 against the US Dollar in Asian trading on Monday. AUD\/USD was down over 0.6% as oil prices rose amid conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.\n\nS&#038;P 500 futures dropped more than 2% in early trade. The US Dollar Index (DXY) rose over 0.7% to around 99.60, its highest level in more than three months.\n\n<h3>Risk Aversion Hits Australian Dollar<\/h3>\nWTI crude jumped over 25% in Asian trade to above $110.00. The move followed strikes on several Iranian oil depots over the weekend, reported by the BBC, in an operation involving the US and Israel.\n\nHigher energy prices tend to pressure riskier currencies as funding flows shift towards safer assets. US President Donald Trump said on Truth.Social that higher oil prices were a \u201cvery small price to pay\u201d in relation to Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.\n\nMarkets will watch the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February, due on Wednesday. The report may have limited effect on Federal Reserve policy expectations because it does not reflect the latest oil price rises linked to the Middle East conflict.\n\nWe have seen this playbook before during past Middle East conflicts where the Australian dollar gets hit hard. Looking back at the events of 2025, a sudden escalation saw the AUD\/USD tumble below 0.7000 as WTI crude surged over $110 a barrel. This kind of geopolitical shock creates a classic flight to safety, punishing risk-sensitive currencies like the Aussie.\n\n<h3>Positioning And Hedging Ideas<\/h3>\nToday, with AUD\/USD trading around 0.6540 and WTI crude oil near a more stable $80 a barrel, we see significant room for a volatile move. Any renewed conflict in the region could easily trigger a repeat of the 2025 scenario, pushing oil prices dramatically higher. This would place immediate and severe downward pressure on the Australian dollar.\n\nThe US Dollar Index (DXY) is currently holding firm above the 103 mark, partly because the latest US Consumer Price Index data from February showed inflation remains sticky at 3.2%. A geopolitical crisis would likely accelerate the rush into the US dollar for safety, pushing the DXY much higher. This would create a powerful dual headwind for the AUD\/USD pair.\n\nGiven this historical precedent, we should consider positioning for a potential drop in the AUD\/USD over the coming weeks. Buying put options on the Australian dollar against the US dollar offers a defined-risk way to profit from a sudden downturn. This strategy acts as a direct bet on history repeating itself should tensions flare up once again.\n\nSimilarly, we should look at the volatility in energy and equity markets. Call options on WTI or Brent crude futures would benefit directly from an oil price spike caused by supply fears. At the same time, buying put options on the S&#038;P 500 could hedge against the broad market sell-off that typically accompanies such global uncertainty.\n\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/trade-now\/\">Create your live VT Markets account<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.vtmarkets.com\/login\">start trading<\/a>\u00a0now. <\/b>\n<p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Start trading now &#8211; Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/trade-now\/\">here<\/a> to create your real VT Markets account <\/strong> <\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian dollar drops as Middle East conflict lifts oil above $110, boosts USD; markets await February CPI data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-updates"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"josephine","author_link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/author\/josephine\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}