Rupee holds onto early gains; month-end dollar demand slightly weighs

31 Oct 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after making a good start, continues to hold strong against dollar on Friday tailing the strength of Asian currencies and local equities, though incremental month-end dollar demand from oil importers ate into some of the early gains of local currency.  Nevertheless, the overall sentiment continues to remain optimistic after International rating agency, Moody’s, in its report titled 'Recent policy changes to support growth acceleration,'  termed recent measures by the government coupled with those unveiled by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the economic, fiscal and financial fronts as ‘credit positive’ for the economy. On the global front, yen tumbled to its lowest level in almost seven years against the dollar on Friday, as the Bank of Japan wrong-footed markets by unexpectedly easing policy further in the face of mounting evidence it would miss its inflation goal.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 61.40, stronger by 5 paise from its previous close of 61.45 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 61.43 and 61.33 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.46 and for Euro stood at 77.45 on October 30, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 56.34, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood 98.2127. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
October 30, 201461.46 98.2127
October 29, 201461.31 99.0032
(RBI-Reference Rate)

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