At 9 am, the local note was quoted at 4.3160/3210 against the US dollar from yesterday’s close of 4.3250/3300.
Crude oil price jumped more than 2% last night on positive news that supply cuts might continue into 2018.
Demand for the US dollar was also dampened by the weaker-than-expected New York-area manufacturing data.
Meanwhile, the ringgit traded mostly higher against a basket of other major currencies.
It rose against the Singapore dollar to 3.0879/0919 from 3.0913/0953 on Monday, strengthened versus the Japanese yen to 3.7960/8007 from 3.8126/8173 and firmed against the British pound to 5.5707/5801 from 5.5901/5983, previously.
However, the local unit depreciated vis-a-vis the euro to 4.7398/7458 from 4.7372/7439 recorded yesterday.