Indian rupee gains strength on hopes of foreign fund inflows

06 Jan 2012 Evaluate

The Indian rupee gained strength against dollar in the morning trade on Friday, despite of lower opening in the equity market. However dollar selling by exporters and some banks aided the local currency. The global cues are negative with shares and the euro down but still foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were buying Indian debt utilizing their limits, resulting in dollar inflows in the local market. FII’s limits for investing in government bonds expire in mid-January. However traders are of the view that the rupee will not be able to hold gains, with India's large current account deficit and a weak global economy.

The partially convertible rupee is currently trading at 52.82, stronger by 16 paise from its previous close of 52.98 on Thursday. It has touched a high and a low of 52.90 and 52.70 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 52.7810 and for Euro it stood at 68.1905 on January 5, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 68.82 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 82.3331. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
January 05, 201252.7882.33
January 04, 201253.14    83.08
RBI-Reference Rate

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