Ringgit opens marginally higher against US$ despite positive US labour data


KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened marginally higher against the US dollar today despite improvement in the United States labour market data with the four-week moving average Initial Jobless Claims declining to 272,750 last week from the previous week of 278,000, said an analyst.

At 9 am, the local note rose slightly to 4.1790/1820 versus the greenback from 4.1800/1825 at yesterday’s close.

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