"People are taking the Bank of Korea story a bit more seriously and there's some talk other central banks are backing away as well," said David Mozina, a currency strategist at ABN Amro Holding NV in Sydney. The dollar's decline triggered some automatic orders to sell the currency, he said." – Reuters
This one significant development changed the tone of the dollar market, as well as its technical picture. By the close it fell to 82.41, down 1.11. The euro sailed 1.91 higher to 132.62. After trading at 105.66 early on, the yen rose to 104.04, a substantial move.
*If that wasn’t dramatic enough, the CRB went bananas, blowing through 23-year highs:
April CRB
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CR/X
The spot CRB closed at 297.49, up a whopping 6.83, and was led by:
Mach crude oil - up a dramatic $2.80 to $51.15 per barrel, and
March wheat
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CW/35
and
March soybeans, up 24 ½ cents
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/SB/35