Most Latin American currencies and stocks rallied on Thursday, with Brazil's real extending gains for a fourth session as the dollar weakened after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell maintained a dovish stance. MSCI's Latam currency index rose 1.4%, its best session in 12 weeks.
Brazil's real hit two-week highs, though COVID-19 infections and political tensions limited gains.
A weaker dollar and firmer real generally lift dollar-denominated commodity prices in the short term while making Brazilian exports costlier, so the move is a modest macro influence on feed ingredient values.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, DXY moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
After 213 past bearish macro events, USDBRL moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.5% to +0.9%), and +0.2% over 20.
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.