Indian rupee appreciates on firm stocks and weaker dollar

03 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee appreciated against dollar on Tuesday as equity markets climbed across Asia, strengthening the outlook for capital inflows in the domestic markets. Dollar’s weakness against euro and other major currencies also supported the rupee. The main stock index rose more than 1 percent on signs of an improvement in global risk appetite, which could revival foreign fund investments. The government allowed individual foreign investors to directly buy stocks from January 15. It was the latest step to liberalize Asia's third-largest economy after a year of big losses in the stock market. Improved economic reports like manufacturing data also aided the local currency.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 53.27, stronger by 6 paise from its previous close of 53.30 on Monday. It has touched a high and a low of 53.2600 and 53.1350 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 53.2975 and for Euro it stood at 68.9095 on January 2, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 69.25 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 82.6644. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
January 02, 201253.30    82.66   
December 30, 201153.36 82.51 
RBI-Reference Rate

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