Ringgit rebounds ahead of 2020 Budget announcement


KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit rebounded to open higher against the US dollar today as buying interest in the local note recovered ahead of the tabling of Budget 2020 this afternoon, said a dealer.

At 9am, the local note was at 4.1840/1880 against the greenback from Thursday’s close of 4.1920/1960.

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