KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit continued to trade on the back foot today, opening lower against the US dollar following better-than-expected United States' (US) ISM Manufacturing Index data.
Analysts said that this prompted traders to increase their bets on a November rate hike by the US Federal Reserve (US Fed), lending support to the greenback.
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