The US dollar held steady on Monday as traders awaited the midterm elections, with the Dollar Index near 101.94. The euro was pressured by French debt concerns after Fitch revised France's outlook to negative, and USD/JPY hovered near the 158 intervention zone.
Oil remained central to the macro trade.
A stable dollar with a weak euro and a yen near intervention levels affects the cost of imported feed ingredients for European and Japanese buyers. Oil-driven energy prices also feed through to freight and input costs.
After 359 past neutral macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.4%), and -0.1% over 20.
After 533 past bearish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (33% higher; middle half -1.2% to +0.2%), and -0.5% 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.