At 9.13 am, the ringgit was cited at 4.4760/4820 versus the greenback contrasted and 4.4710/4740 last Friday.
A merchant said the dollar began the week higher after indications of wage weight in the December US occupations report which pushed up treasury yields.
Yields on US 10-year notes ascended from 2.33 for each penny to 2.42 for every penny on the information.
Bring down oil costs additionally kept brokers on the sidelines.
Oil costs supposedly fell early today as Iran expanded fares, undermining endeavors by other oil makers to check a worldwide fuel oversupply.
Nonetheless, versus other real monetary standards, the ringgit exchanged higher.
It ascended against the Singapore dollar to 3.1088/1136 from 3.1176/1213 a week ago and expanded against the yen to 3.8181/8242 from 3.8550/8586.
The neighborhood unit acknowledged versus the British pound to 5.4880/4981 from 5.5373/5428 and strengthened against the euro to 4.7155/7236 from 4.7388/7438.