Continuing its upward journey for the sixth straight day, the rupee rose 8 paise against dollar amid foreign investor interest in Indian debt and positive rally of domestic shares. Indian stock market boosted with the news that the International Monetary Fund was seeking to boost its resources to tackle the euro zone debt crisis. Meanwhile euro's gains on IMF plan to expand its lending resources to counter Europe's debt crisis against the American currency overseas, also supported rupee on a great extent. However rupee has gained close to 7%since the beginning of the New Year as Reserve Bank of India took some major steps to curb the sharp volatility in the rupee.
The partially convertible rupee is currently trading at 50.31, stronger by 8 paise from its previous close of 50.39 on Wednesday. It has touched a high and a low of 50.3300 and 50.0800 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 50.6655 and for Euro it stood at 64.6314 on January 18, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 66.07 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 77.7209. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
| Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
| January 18, 2012 | 50.6655 | 77.7209 |
| January 17, 2012 | 51.0650 | 78.4818 |
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