KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened lower against the US dollar today on lack of demand for the local currency, dealers said.

At 9am, the local unit was traded at 4.1875/1945 from 4.1500/1600 against the greenback on Friday.

The ringgit was traded lower against other major currencies.

It fell against the Singapore dollar to 2.9384/9443 from 2.9143/9228 on Friday and slipped against the yen at 3.4630/4703 from 3.4337/4429.

The local note was lower against the British pound to 6.0392/0506 from 5.9598/9758 and weakened against the euro to 4.5614/5707 from 4.5206/5323 on Friday. --BERNAMA