KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened barely higher towards the US greenback at the moment, monitoring higher crude oil prices.

At 9.11 am, the native observe appreciated to 4.1800/1835 versus the dollar from 4.1835/1850 at Thursday’s shut.

At the time of writing, Brent crude superior 0.18 per cent to US$91.27 per barrel.

Meanwhile, the ringgit was traded largely decrease towards a basket of different main currencies.

It eased towards the Singapore greenback to three.1104/1132 from Thursday’s shut of 4.1835/1850 and declined versus the euro to 4.7865/7905 in contrast with 4.7207/7224 yesterday.

The home unit appreciated towards the British pound to five.6890/6937 from 5.6716/6736 and went up vis-a-vis the Japanese yen to three.6370/6400 from 3.6458/6474. – Bernama