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The Korean won strengthened sharply in June, reaching its strongest level in seven months at around 1,358 per dollar. Analysts said gains beyond 1,300 were limited by the US interest rate gap, trade tensions and weak fundamentals, following foreign equity inflows after the presidential election.
A firmer won lowers the local cost of dollar-priced feed imports, but the article's forecasts point to limited further appreciation, so the commodity effect is small.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.