KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — The ringgit extended last Friday’s upward momentum to trade higher against the US dollar in the early session today on renewed buying interest.
At 9.08 am today, the ringgit was quoted at 4.2400/2500 against the US dollar from last Friday’s 4.2640/2700.
AxiCorp global chief market strategist Stephen Innes said the market reacted positively to Sunday’s announcement of the Recovery Movement Control Order by the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
“The local note should look good on several fronts this week. With improving risk sentiment, equity and currency market volatility decreasing, investors hunt for yield will have them checking out catch up trades across the region, where the ringgit could benefit in the context of improving sentiment across regional peers,” he said.
The ringgit also rebounded as the oil price rose above US$40 per barrel supported by the decision of Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and others including Russia (OPEC+) to extend production cuts.
At the press time, the benchmark Brent crude was recorded at US$41.34 per barrel.
Meanwhile, the ringgit was traded mixed against a basket of benchmark currencies.
The local note appreciated against the Singapore dollar to 3.0523/0606 from last Friday’s 3.0604/0658 and strengthened vis-a-vis the euro at 4.7895/8025 from 4.8328/8409.
It fell against the Japanese yen to 3.9234/9334 from 3.9019/9085 and declined against the British pound at 5.3954/4098 from 5.3859/3947.
— Bernama
