Rupee recoups early losses; registers biggest single day gain in month and half on Friday

26 Apr 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, snapping three consecutive sessions falling streak, registered biggest single day gain in a month and half on Friday as good dollar sales by custodian banks and two large corporates counterbalanced massive month-end greenback demand from oil importers. The dollar sale also helped offset a fall in domestic shares, which retreated from their fourth consecutive record highs hit earlier in the session on flurry of disappointing earnings. However, the currency remained unscathed from India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast of country getting below normal monsoon this year, which if proved correct could jeopardize a fragile economic recovery and trigger inflation. A bit of caution ahead of the outcome of the currently underway national elections due on May 16 limited further upside of local currency. On the global front, dollar came under pressure against the yen on Friday as rising tension in Ukraine undermined optimism about U.S. economic growth following strong U.S. durable goods data.

Finally, the rupee ended at 60.62, stronger by 46 paise from its previous close of 61.08 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 61.14 and 60.53 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.11 and for Euro stood at 84.52 on April 25, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.73, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 102.7059. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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