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Tue, 08/21/2018 - 07:06
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Ringgit Opens Higher Against US Dollar

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Bernama) --- The ringgit continued its positive momentum into today in opening higher against the US dollar and following a weakening of the greenback in the face of strengthening of oil prices.  At 9 am, the local note was traded at 4.0930/0960 against the greenback from Monday's close of 4.0990/0200.   A dealer said the weakening of the US dollar was also due to comments by US President Donald Trump who accused China and Europe of manipulating its currencies and was not keen on the steps taken by the US Federal Reserve in hiking interest rates.  "These comments caused the US dollar to slide across Asia and Europe," he added.  At 9 am, the benchmark Brent crude oil was recorded at US$72.30 per barrel.  Meanwhile, the ringgit slipped against a basket of other currencies.  It went down against the British pound to 5.2456/2515 from 5.2225/2276 Monday and was lower against the euro at 4.7160/7198 from 4.6765/6804.  The local unit also declined against the yen to 3.7253/7291 from 3.7045/7075 and eased against the Singapore dollar to 2.9922/9955 from 2.9885/9913. -- BERNAMA

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