Ringgit marginally lower against the dollar ahead of US payrolls data


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KUALA LUMPUR : The ringgit opened marginally lower against the US dollar today, as traders awaited the US Non-Farm Payroll data, which could determine the greenback's performance.

At 9.02 am, the local note was traded at 4.0080/0150 to the US dollar from 4.0020/0090 on Thursday.

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