Ringgit extends gain to open higher against US$


KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit extended yesterday’s gain to open higher against the greenback on Friday as more investors shifted toward emerging currencies on rising expectations of an interest rate cut in the United States next month and ahead of a US inflation report later today.

At 8 am, the local note bounced to 4.2040/2260 versus the US dollar from yesterday’s close of 4.2140/2195.

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