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The won closed at 1,342.1 per dollar on November 5, up 0.6 won, as foreign investors net-sold about 3.4 trillion won of South Korean shares. Despite declines in the dollar index and US Treasury yields after the US midterm elections, concerns about AI-related restrictions and semiconductor demand weighed on Korean equities and limited the won’s gains.
Foreign equity outflows can increase demand for dollars and weaken the won, raising the local cost of imported feed. The currency move was modest, and the article reports no direct change in commodity supply or demand.
yna.co.krNov 5, 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.
