Rupee nudges higher on central bank’s official's soothing comments

21 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Indian rupee after taking a breather in previous session edged higher on centeral bank’s deputy governor assurance. Subir Gokarn, a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said on Tuesday, “the central bank would use other measures to bring stability to the foreign exchange market”. Meanwhile, fresh selling of dollars by banks and exporters due to weakness of the American currency overseas amid a firming trend in the domestic equity market has also reinforced the sentiment of Indian currency. On the global front, the euro extended gains in Asian trade on Wednesday, on short-covering ahead of the European Central Bank's first offer of three-year loans that many hope will help the region's banks lower their funding costs.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 52.67, weaker by 13 paise from its previous close of 52.90 on Tuesday. It has touched a high and a low of 52.80 and 52.65 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 52.67 and for Euro it stood at 69.12 on December 21, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 67.72 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 82.5259. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
December 21 201152.67 82.5259
December 20, 201153.0282.3403
RBI-Reference Rate

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