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The won strengthened to 1,343.9 per U.S. dollar as South Korean and U.S. stocks rallied and oil prices fell. Dollar selling by Korean semiconductor companies added to downward pressure on the exchange rate.
A stronger won lowers the local-currency cost of imported feed and energy, all else equal. The article reports currency-market drivers rather than a direct change in commodity supply or demand.
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.