Rupee trades at week-high level in a on hopes of additional reforms

20 Oct 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after positing its biggest fall in a month in previous session, got off to strong start on Monday, though the currency has given away some of its gains it still continues to trade at strongest level in a week tailing local equities, which have rallied on hopes for additional reforms after Narendra Modi's party won election in two states. Additionally, slew of masures taken by the government taken in the past two days, like de-regulating diesel prices and raising the cost of natural gas also aided the sentiment. On the global front, dollar gained after upbeat data restored some calm to the financial markets, prompting equities to rally back from deep losses and triggering a rise in treasury yields.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 61.25, stronger by 19 paise from its previous close of 61.44 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 61.32 and 61.18 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.61 and for Euro stood at 78.89 on October 17, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.02, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood 99.1163. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
October 17, 201461.6199.1163
October 16, 201461.4798.2381

(RBI-Reference Rate)

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