KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit extended yesterday’s gains to open higher against the US dollar today. At 9am, the local unit stood at 4.0760/0800 from 4.0830/0860 at yesterday’s close. Against other major currencies, the ringgit was traded mostly higher. It rose against the Singapore dollar to 3.0276/0321 from 3.0294/0321 on Thursday, strengthened versus the British pound to 5.4769/4835 from 5.4929/4985, and appreciated against the euro to 4.8040/8091 from 4.8253/8305 yesterday. However, the local note depreciated against the yen to 3.6286/6328 from yesterday’s close of 3.6200/6233.

Source: New Strait Times December 15, 2017 02:15 UTC