Rupee strengthens on increased dollar selling; gains of local equities too aid

14 Aug 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee strengthened substantially on Thursday on increased selling of dollar by banks and exporters, while hefty gains of local equities also aided the sentiment. Indian currency along with rest of emerging markets currencies, gained ground after a flood of soft economic data led investors to wager on a ceaseless fountain of stimulus from major central banks. Additionally, sentiments were also bolstered after July  WPI, softened to five-month low of 5.19% as compared to 5.43% in the previous month and 5.85% during the corresponding month of the previous year. On the global front, euro hovered near nine-month lows against the dollar on Thursday, hurt by dismal data from Germany and France that cast further doubt over the euro zone's recovery and adds to expectations of more stimulus from the European Central Bank.

Finally the rupee ended at 60.78, stronger by 44 paise from its previous close of 61.22 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 61.12 and 60.76 respectively.  The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.05 and for Euro stood at 81.55 on August 14, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.55, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 101.8391. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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