Rupee pares early gains; trades tad stronger on positive local equities

09 Apr 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after getting off to a strong start and losing substantial ground, however, continues to trade strong on Wednesday, tailing positive local equities which turned upbeat after IMF's forecasted improved growth prospects for India. In a development which should bring should bring some cheer to the policymakers battling to restore faltering growth in Asia's third-largest economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected India's economy to grow by 5.4% in 2014-15 and 6.4% in 2015-16 on the back of strengthening global growth, improving export competitiveness and implementation of recently approved investment projects.

Besides, stronger Asian currencies against the dollar also supported the rupee. On the global front, dollar languished at three-week lows against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday, having broken decisively lower as the yen squeezed higher and even the euro gained a tailwind.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 60.03, stronger by 8 paise from its previous close of 60.11 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 60.06 and 59.82 respectively.  The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 59.94 and for Euro stood at 82.15 on April 07, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.13, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 99.3583. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
April 07, 201459.94 99.3583
April 04, 201458.10100.0363

(RBI-Reference Rate) 

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