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The won weakened slightly to 1,341.5 per dollar after Democrats were projected to win both chambers of the U.S. Congress. Foreign investors sold a net 2.5 trillion won of Korean shares, while the KOSPI rose 0.62 percent.
A divided U.S. government may limit Trump's fiscal agenda, which could ease Treasury yields and the dollar over time. For Korean importers, the won's move changes the local-currency cost of dollar-priced feed and energy imports only marginally.
en.yna.co.krDeok-Hyun KimNov 4, 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.
