Qualampur: Ringit continued to strengthen against the US dollar at the opening, as the rapid change in US economic policies led to the rapid change in the business community under the administration of President Donald Trump created uncertainty, potentially low demand.
At 8 am, Ringit stood at 4.4200/4400 against Greenback, above the bandh of 4.4300/4340 yesterday.
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Mohammad Afzanizam said that maintaining a minor restrictive monetary policy stance remained the safest course to include the risks of inflation.
He said that Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamjah Azizan announced a mechanism to rationalize Ron95 fuel subsidy using Mykad in the second half of the year for Ronat.
“It should be ringate-positive in medium and long-term as it indicates commitment to the government’s fiscal reform. The ringt is expected to hop up around RM4.42 to RM4.42 today, pointing to a neutral area for the technical indicator dollar-ringguate pair,” he said.
Ringit, however, does less business against most major currencies.
It increased against the Japanese yen from 2.9351/9380 to 2.9297/9433, but weakened from 4.7720/7763 to 4.7727/7763 to 4.7720/7763 against Euro and shifted from 5.7239/7498 to 5.7236/7287 against British pounds.
The local note was mixed against ASEAN currencies.
It increased against Thai Baht from 13.0678/0854 to 13.0615/1318 and received 3.2997/3152 3.3060/3094 against Singapore dollar.
However, it fell against the Philippine Peso from 7.72/7.73 to 7.67/7.68 and slipped against Indonesian Rupiah from 267.4/267.8 to 266.8/268.1.
