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The won-dollar rate closed at 1,341.0 won on November 3, down 2.8 won, and traded around 1,340 won while investors awaited the US midterm elections. Stable oil prices on hopes of US-Iran talks and a weaker dollar index added to downward pressure, and foreigners net sold about 1.5 trillion won of stocks.
Lower oil and a softer dollar reduce Korean import costs for dollar-priced feed ingredients. The move has little effect on global grain prices.
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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.
