Rupee ends stronger completing first week of New Year with gains

06 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee extended northward journey during the session and ended stronger on Friday amid dollar inflows. Foreign institutional investors were busy investing in Indian debt, as FII’s limits for investing in government bonds will expire in mid-January, which supported the rupee during the session, despite choppy local shares and a global risk averse sentiment. Exporters and banks selling dollars also aided the rupee. Reserve Bank of India eased rules for companies to borrow from abroad that strengthened local currency to an extent. Foreign funds increased holdings of Indian shares this week, after the government allowed overseas individual investors to directly buy local equities.

Finally the rupee ended at 52.72, stronger by 26 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 52.7838 and for Euro it stood at 67.4618 on January 6, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 68.34 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 81.7885. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai. 

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