Clouded outlook: The currency falls 0.6 to 4.4085 a US dollar. – Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s ringgit extended its worst start to a year since 2009 as a slump in Brent crude clouds the outlook for Asia’s only major net oil exporter just as uncertainty over China rattles global markets.
A slide in Brent to an 11-year low has prompted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to review the 2016 annual budget.
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