Rupee bounces back post touching a nine week low on Friday

11 Feb 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee recuperating from 9 week’s low ended strong on anticipated dollar sales by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.  Meanwhile, the local unit also gained as financial institutions opted to offload the foreign unit to meet liquidity requirement in the money market.

The apparent weak fundamentals of Asia's third largest economy proved to be Achilles heel of the Indian currency. Data on Friday showed industrial production grew at a sharply slower pace of 1.8 percent in December, the weakest performance since mid-2009 based on a 3-month moving average. On the global front, the euro fell on Friday as Greece's far-right party leader refused to back a bailout agreement, raising concerns, once again, that Greece could face a disorderly default on its debt. 

Finally the rupee ended at 49.41, stronger by 10 paise from its previous close of 49.51 on Thursday. It touched a high and a low of 49.75 and 49.38 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 49.6445 and for Euro it stood at Rs 65.7995 on February 10, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.94 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 78.3539. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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