The U.S. dollar ended the shortened first trading week of November at COP 3,239.5, remaining above COP 3,200. The report attributes the week’s movements to U.S. midterm elections and Colombia’s central bank holding interest rates, and says the representative market rate rose from COP 3,166.91 to COP 3,228.26 over the week.
A firmer dollar can increase the Colombian cost of imported feed ingredients, while the article reports currency movements rather than a change in commodity supply or demand.
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