Ringgit opens lower against US dollar
The ringgit is on the back foot with lower oil prices the main reason. — File pic
At 9.19am, the ringgit stood at 4.0940/0980 against the greenback from 4.0860/0900 at the close yesterday. “On a year-to-date basis, the ringgit has gained 1.1 per cent, rebounding from a 1.8 per cent loss registered in 2018.
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