Rupee concludes stronger on relentless dollar sales

14 May 2015 Evaluate

Indian rupee concluded stronger against dollar on Thursday on persistent dollar sales by exporters and state run banks in view of weakness of American currency against the basket of other major currencies. Nevertheless, weakness of local equities after disinflationary trend in April WPI data for sixth straight month called for some radical measures by policy makers to some extent also limited further uptrend of Indian currency. On the macro-front, the annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI) ebbed to -2.65% in April as compared to -2.33% witnessed in March. The number was also way lower than the street expectation of a figure of -2.07% for the month under review. Nevertheless, dollar weakness lifted Indian currency. On the global front, dollar languished near a three month low against the basket of major currencies on Thursday after surprisingly soft retail sales prompted some investors to wonder if the Federal Reserve can afford to hike interest rates at all this year.

Finally, the rupee ended at 63.65, stronger by 36 paise from its previous close of 64.01 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 64.04 and 63.61 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 63.83 and for Euro stood at 72.87 on May 14, 2015. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 53.68, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 100.6470. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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