At 9.20am, the ringgit was quoted at 4.1740/1790 to the greenback against Wednesday’s 6pm close of 4.1900/1950.

A dealer said an overnight jump in oil prices to a 15-month high had boosted the ringgit’s strength.

The benchmark Brent Crude climbed 1.9 per cent to US$52.67, while West Texas Intermediate Crude touched US$51.93, the highest since July 2015.

“Markets will be watching the third and final US presidential debate today, before the Nov 8 election, for some trading cues,” he added

The local note was stronger against the Singapore dollar at 3.0040/0086 from 3.0220/0260 yesterday and rose against the yen to 4.0274/0334 from 4.0514/0578.

It appreciated against the British pound to 5.1278/1343 from 5.1499/1578 and strengthened against the euro to 4.5772/5835 from 4.6073/6132.