Rupee surrenders most of its gains; ends stronger for third consecutive session on Tuesday

21 Oct 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, although gave away most of its gains, yet ended stronger for third consecutive session on Tuesday on the back of gains in local equities on hopes of further reforms by Modi led government, which promised of opening up the coal industry to private players. Additionally, strength of other Asian currencies on the back of better than expected China’s GDP data, also aided sentiment. Official data showed that China's gross domestic product rose 7.3% from a year earlier in the third quarter, down from 7.5% growth in the second quarter of this year. However, local unit gave away some of its early gains on the back of dollar demand from oil importers, which combined with euro’s weakness weighed on the sentiment. On the global front, euro fell more than half a cent against the dollar on Tuesday after reports suggested European Central Bank of looking at buying corporate bonds as soon as December in its efforts to revive the euro zone economy.

Finally the rupee ended at 61.31, stronger by 5 paise from its previous close of 61.36 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 61.37 and 61.24 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.29 and for Euro stood at 78.58 on October 21, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 57.63, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood 99.1597. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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