Ringgit opens higher on back of recovery of oil prices
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar today on the back of an overnight recovery of oil prices but investors are cautious by a possible escalation of the US-China trade war risk, said an analyst.
AxiCorp global chief market strategist Stephen Innes said a recovery in oil prices overnight was positive for the ringgit, but bullish ambitions continue to get thwarted by a possible escalation in trade war risk. “After riding the wave of the stock market and reopening jubilance, currency markets, mainly the China risk-sensitive baskets, are yielding to trade war escalation into Asia,” Innes said in a note today.Meanwhile, the ringgit was traded mostly easier against a basket of benchmark currencies.
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