Ringgit slips against US$

20 September 2014 @ 12:32 AM

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit closed lower against the US dollar yesterday as investors shifted their interest to the greenback. 

At 5pm, the ringgit was quoted at 3.2330/2350 against the greenback from 3.2260/2290 on Thursday.

The local unit was traded lower against other major currencies, except for the Japanese yen. 

The ringgit rose against the yen to 2.9691/9723 from Thursday’s 2.9711/9749 but decreased against the euro to 4.1625/1664 from 4.1573/1625 previously. 

Against the British pound, it depreciated to 5.2957/2999 from 5.2600/2659 on Thursday and was lower against the Singapore dollar to 2.5515/5551 from 2.5456/5493 previously. Bernama

New Straits Times

Sunday 21 September,2014.