The Rupiah On Tuesday Opened Sluggishly Before The US Dollar

Illustrated. (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The rupiah exchange rate on the spot market was sluggish again at the beginning of trading. On Tuesday 8 December, the spot rupiah opened at the level of Rp14,118 per United States dollar (US).

This indicates that the rupiah depreciated by 0.09 percent compared to Monday's close of IDR14,105 per US dollar. This depreciation of the rupiah is in line with most currencies in the region.

Until 9:00 a.m. WIB, the South Korean won became the lowest currency in the Asian region after dropping 0.20 percent

Followed by the Philippine peso which fell 0.15 percent. Then there was the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen each which weakened 0.08 percent against the US dollar.

Meanwhile, the Malaysian ringgit managed to become the currency with the biggest strengthening in the region after rising 0.09 percent in this morning's trade.

Followed by the Thai baht which strengthened 0.07 percent and the Taiwan dollar which increased by 0.007 percent.

Meanwhile, the Hong Kong dollar seemed to slightly strengthen 0.001 percent against the US dollar in trading this morning.