Rupee continues to trade weak after RBI’s expected status quo stance in monetary policy review

30 Sep 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, although has pared some early losses, but continued to trade weak against dollar on Tuesday tracking strength of dollar, which is on track to post its biggest monthly gain over a year, while month-end demand from oil importers also was weighing on the sentiment. Nevertheless, the local unit managed to cut back some of its losses tailing the gains of local equities, which rose in a knee jerk reaction to the expected RBI’s status quo stance. In a bid to maintain financial and price stability, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its fourth bimonthly monetary policy review, as widely expected, kept its key policy repo rate unchanged at 8%. On the global front, dollar took a breather on Tuesday from its recent rally but was still not far from four-year peak against a basket of major currencies, and could be on track to post its biggest monthly gain in over a year

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 61.65, weaker by 12 paise from its previous close of 61.53 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 61.71 and 61.56 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.42 and for Euro stood at 77.93 on September 29, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 56.07, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 99.7272. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
September 29, 201461.4299.7272
September 26, 201461.57 100.4239

(RBI-Reference Rate)

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