Rupee holds steady on Wednesday

13 May 2015 Evaluate

Indian rupee was holding steady against dollar on Wednesday as early euphoria over lower inflation print and positive local equities fizzled out. However, fresh selling of American currency by exporters in view of its weakness overseas prevented slide of the currency. The currency appreciated substantially during early deals as sentiments were bolstered in early trade after slower IIP and softer CPI data prompted rate cut hopes by RBI in its upcoming monetary policy on June 2, 2015. On the macro-front, easing to four month low, Retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), slowed to 4.87% year-on-year in April, lower compared to 5.17% in March, Slowing from nine months high level, the index for industrial output (IIP) for the month of March came in at 2.1%, lower than street expectation of a number of around 2.80% and also lower compared to 5% in February. On the global front, dollar slipped against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday, with near term focus on whether US retail sales data will point to pick up in US growth after a weak first quarter.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 64.15 almost flat against previous close of 64.16 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 64.21 and 64.05 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 64.20 and for Euro stood at 71.91 on May 12, 2015. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 53.43, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 100.0331. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
May 12, 201564.20 100.0331
May 11, 201563.84 98.4687

(RBI-Reference Rate)

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