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Ringgit opens lower against US dollar

At opening, the ringgit’s performance was mixed against a basket of major currencies

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 12 Oct 2021 10:27AM

Ringgit opens lower against US dollar
At 9.02 am, the local note fell to 4.1760/1790 versus the greenback from Monday’s close of 4.1685/1720. – AFP pic, October 12, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR – The ringgit opened lower against the US dollar today on profit-taking activities. 

At 9.02 am, the local note fell to 4.1760/1790 versus the greenback from Monday’s close of 4.1685/1720.

At opening, the ringgit’s performance was mixed against a basket of major currencies.

It rose versus the Japanese yen to 3.6812/6842 against Monday’s 3.6902/6933 and appreciated versus the British pound to 5.6718/6759 from 5.6779/6827. 

However, the local note declined against the Singapore dollar to 3.0778/0803 compared with Monday’s close of 3.0775/0803 and went down against the euro to 4.8229/8263 from 4.8180/8220. – Bernama, October 12, 2021

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