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Ringgit flat against US dollar in early trade

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — The ringgit was almost flat against the US dollar in early trade today as investors remained on the sidelines, awaiting fresh leads to move the market.

At 9.07am, the local note was traded at 4.4340/4385 against the greenback compared with 4.4315/4350 at the close on Tuesday.

SPI Asset Management managing director Stephen Innes said after getting hobbled by global higher yields and a broad risk sell-off across Asia yesterday following the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) surprise decision to tighten financial conditions, based on the broader US dollar moves especially versus the Japanese yen, the ringgit should recover a good chunk of lost ground as global risk sentiment seems to be taking the rise on global yields in stride.

“The local note should be trading between the 4.42 and 4.43 level today,” he told Bernama.

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