# Peso firms to 18.53 per dollar on Día de Muertos holiday

> The Mexican peso traded at 18.53 per US dollar in thin electronic trading on Monday, a holiday in Mexico, 27 centavos stronger than Friday's close. Other emerging-market currencies such as the Chilean peso and Hungarian forint also gained against the dollar.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-03T06:08:18.946Z
- Category: macro · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/77065-peso-firms-to-18-53-per-dollar-on-dia-de-muertos-holiday
- Commodities: [Mexican Peso (MXN per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDMXN.md)

## Why it matters

A stronger peso lowers the local cost of dollar-priced feed imports such as corn and soybean meal for Mexican buyers. The move is a currency-only price event with no direct change to grain supply or demand.

## Read by commodity

- USDMXN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- macroherald.com: https://www.macroherald.com/peso-firms-to-18-53-per-dollar-on-dia-de-muertos-holiday/

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