Indian rupee appreciates against dollar on capital inflows

15 Feb 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee strengthened against dollar on rising capital inflows and as risk appetite got a boost after China said it would keep investing in European debt, pushing equities and the euro higher. However selling of dollar by exporters helped rupee to be firm. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank announced that it will purchase government securities worth Rs 10,000 crore through open market operations on Friday to ease the current liquidity crisis, which also eased the currency market. Euro rose to a two-month high versus the Japanese yen on Wednesday, breaking above key technical resistance after Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said China would play a bigger role in solving Europe's problems.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 49.25, stronger by 10 paise from its previous close of 49.35 on Tuesday. It has touched a high and a low of 49.33 and 49.19 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 49.33 and for Euro it stood at Rs 64.8391 on February 14, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.25 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 77.4101. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
February 14, 201249.3377.4101
February 13, 201249.3277.8435
(RBI-Reference Rate)   

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