# Ringgit surges against US dollar at close | Malay Mail

> The ringgit surged against the US dollar at the close on November 9, reaching 4.1080/1130 from 4.1275/1325 the prior Friday. Analysts attributed the move to the US election result, which elected Joe Biden, and the expectation of larger fiscal stimulus.

- Date: 2020-11-09 · published 2020-11-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50409-ringgit-surges-against-us-dollar-at-close-malay-mail
- Commodities: [Malaysian Ringgit (MYR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDMYR.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A stronger ringgit on broad dollar weakness reduces the local-currency cost of dollar-priced commodity imports, though the move is driven by currency flows rather than agricultural supply.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼
- USDMYR: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2021-07-30 | [Ringgit opens marginally higher against US dollar \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46328-ringgit-opens-marginally-higher-against-us-dollar-malay-mail.md) | +0.3% | +1.2% |
| DXY | 2023-11-28 | [Ringgit strengthens against US dollar amid weak US housing data \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33430-ringgit-strengthens-against-us-dollar-amid-weak-us-housing-data-malay-mail.md) | +0.2% | -1.1% |
| DXY | 2024-08-26 | [Ringgit still strong at close of trading today, 4.34 against the US dollar, thanks to rate cut forecast \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29073-ringgit-still-strong-at-close-of-trading-today-4-34-against-the-us-dollar.md) | +0.7% | -0.0% |
| DXY | 2021-12-17 | [Ringgit opens lower against US dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43870-ringgit-opens-lower-against-us-dollar.md) | -0.2% | -0.8% |
| DXY | 2023-04-28 | [Ringgit Opens Higher Against US dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36679-ringgit-opens-higher-against-us-dollar.md) | -0.3% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- malaymail.com: https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2020/11/09/ringgit-surges-against-us-dollar-at-close/1920946

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