Rupee resumes southward journey on choppy local shares

11 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended weaker against dollar on Wednesday amid dollar demand from banks and importers at current levels. However, Rupee found support from the government's decision to liberalize the single-brand retail sector which is expected to boost dollar inflows. Weakness in local shares also added some pressure on rupee. Foreign fund interest in local debt is likely to fall soon as policy makers try to boost faltering growth. Meanwhile Germany showed the first signs of feeling the pain from the euro zone's debt crisis as the economy shrank in the last three months of 2011.

Finally the rupee ended at 51.91, weaker by 0.20 paise from its previous close of 51.71 on Tuesday. It has touched a high and a low of 51.9050 and 51.5450 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 51.7495 and for Euro it stood at 65.9910 on January 11, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 67.29 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 80.0099. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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