Ringgit opens marginally lower vs greenback after Middle East strike


KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened marginally lower against the US dollar on the first trading day of March as risk-off sentiment intensified following a joint United States-Israel strike on Iran over the weekend.

At 8.01 am, the ringgit eased 0.19 per cent to 3.8985/9205 against the greenback from last Friday’s close of 3.8910/8960.

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