KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened lower against the US dollar this morning on lack of buying interest, said a dealer.
At 9.03am, the local unit was quoted at 4.2570/2650 versus the greenback from Thursday’s 4.2430/2480.
The ringgit was also traded mostly lower against a basket of major currencies.
It declined against the Singapore dollar to 3.0021/0101 from 2.9952/9006 on Thursday and was lower versus the yen at 3.5534/5607 from 3.5270/5318 yesterday.
It depreciated against the pound sterling to 6.4898/5046 from Thursday’s 6.4723/4816 and rose against the euro to 4.7351/7448 from 4.7683/7756 on Thursday. --BERNAMA