
The Mexican peso retreated from a three-month high of 20.64 per dollar on Wednesday and consolidated near 20.50 on Thursday. Technical indicators suggested short-term consolidation, with support at 20.40 and 20.20.
Bank of Mexico was due to announce a policy decision with a 25 basis point hike expected.
A stronger peso lowers the local-currency cost of dollar-priced feed ingredients such as corn, soybean meal and DDGS imported into Mexico. Price effects on these feed inputs are limited, so the move is mostly neutral for feed buyers.
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