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The ringgit fell to a record low against the Singapore dollar, at about RM2.73 intra-week, after the Monetary Authority of Singapore held back easing. Bank Negara reportedly sold Singapore dollars to support the ringgit.
The ringgit then recovered later in the week.
The move is a cross-rate between two regional currencies rather than a dollar-based price, so it has little direct effect on feed commodity prices. It mainly signals regional currency volatility.
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.