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The dollar dropped on Friday as investors rebalanced portfolios at month-end, while the yen fell to its weakest level since mid-November at 104.76 per dollar. The dollar index fell 0.15% to 90.421 after rising about 1.3% from a three-year low reached on January 6.
Bitcoin also rose sharply after Elon Musk referenced it in his Twitter biography.
Month-end rebalancing moves are usually short-lived and have little lasting effect on dollar-priced grain or meal values. A weaker dollar would modestly support US commodity prices, while yen weakness raises Japan's import costs.
brecorder.comReutersJan 29, 2021After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
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.
