Rupee reverses early gains; snaps three straight sessions’ appreciating streak

05 May 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, snapping three consecutive sessions’ appreciating streak, ended weak against dollar on Monday as last hour sell-off in local equity markets, which evaporated most of the benchmarks’ gains dragged local unit from a month’s high level scaled in the early deals. The Indian currency in intra-day deals appreciated to month’s high level on the back of strength of other Asian currencies against dollar in the overseas market, nevertheless some dollar demand from oil importers and banks also weighed on the sentiment of Indian currency. On the global front, yen rose to a two-week high against the dollar on Monday after a survey showing China's manufacturing activity contracted for a fourth straight month bolstered the safe-haven Japanese currency.

 Finally the rupee ended at 60.22, weaker by 7 paise from its previous close of 60.15 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 60.25 and 60.00 respectively.  The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 60.04 and for Euro stood at 83.34 on May 05, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.88, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 101.3181. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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