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The ringgit opened weaker at 4.0830/0880 per dollar after Fitch Ratings downgraded Malaysia's sovereign rating from A- to BBB+ with a stable outlook. Lower crude prices linked to renewed lockdowns in California also weighed on the currency.
A sovereign downgrade and weaker oil raise the ringgit cost of imported feed and can pressure Malaysia's palm oil margins. The analyst expects the effect to fade quickly.
malaysianow.netDec 7, 2020Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 312 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median -1.7% over 5 sessions (38% higher; middle half -5.4% to +2.3%), and -1.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
