Indian currency attains fresh three-month high; US job data eyed

03 Feb 2012 Evaluate

Supported by dollar inflows Indian rupee rose marginally against American currency and is trading at a fresh three-month high. Weakening of dollar against the euro in global markets supported rupee, amid choppy local equity markets. Investors were cautious across world financial markets ahead of key U.S. jobs data capped major gains in the local currency. The central bank asked commercial lenders to rigorously evaluate the unhedged foreign-currency exposures of their clients and charge a premium for such risks while extending credit to them, taking one more initiative to strengthen local currency.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 49.03, stronger by 12 paise from its previous close of 49.15 on Thursday. It has touched a high and a low of 49.19 and 49.00 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 49.1288 and for Euro it stood at 64.7480 on February 2, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 64.54 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 77.8495. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
February 2, 201249.1377.8495
February 1, 201249.5377.9493

(RBI-Reference Rate)

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