
ING strategist Francesco Pesole said the dollar needs interest rate differentials to turn against it for further declines, with DXY expected at 101.00-101.50. The dollar index fell to about 101.2 after the US midterm results, while dollar/lira hit a record high near 50.06.
A softer dollar index tends to support dollar-priced grain and oilseed contracts, while the record lira level increases import costs for Turkish feed buyers.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% 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.