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The won weakened against the dollar, with the won-dollar rate closing at 1,343.8, up 9.5 won (0.71%), its highest close since October 15. Foreign investors bought dollars in the futures market, outweighing global dollar weakness and exporter sell orders.
The KOSPI rose 2.24% to 5,859.08 on heavy institutional buying, while foreigners sold KOSPI shares for a second day.
A weaker won raises the local-currency cost of imported feed ingredients such as soybean meal, corn and other grains priced in dollars, which tightens margins for Korean feed buyers. The move tracks equity flows rather than a feed-specific shock.
etoday.co.krNov 2, 2026Not 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.
