Rupee post its biggest single day fall in over four months on Monday

15 Dec 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, posted its biggest single day fall in over four months on Monday subdued trend local equity markets after the index for industrial output (IIP) for the month of October slipped to a three-year low at 162.4, which is -4.2% against street’s expectation of 2.1%. However, sharp losses were limited after data showed that November WPI  data easing for sixth straight month, ebbed to five and half year low figure 0.00% for the month of November, 2014 as compared to 1.77% for the previous month prevented further losses of local unit, besides speculated RBI’s intervention which sold dolls via state run banks. On the global front, dollar quivered in choppy trading against the yen on Monday, under pressure as risk aversion pushed down U.S. Treasury yields.

Finally the rupee ended at 62.94, weaker by 65 paise from its previous close of 62.29 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 62.95 and 62.45 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 62.65 and for Euro stood at 78.01 on December 15, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 52.94, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 98.5342. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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