Ringgit opens lower on high Covid tally


  • Forex
  • Friday, 23 Jul 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened slightly lower against the US dollar today, as buying sentiment for the local unit deteriorated after Malaysia reported its second-highest daily COVID-19 cases on record yesterday.

On Thursday, the daily COVID-19 tally rose to 13,034, bringing the nation’s cumulative number of cases to 964,918.

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