Supported by global cues Indian rupee climbed to a two-week high on Tuesday after a three-day weekend on the back of gains in local stocks and enhanced risk appetite as Greek sealed a bailout package. Increased foreign funds inflows and euro’s gains against the U.S. currency in the overseas market also supported the rupee to a large extent. Meanwhile Euro zone finance ministers struck a deal early on Tuesday for a second bailout programme for Greece that includes new financing of 130 billion euros and aims to cut Greece's debt to 121 percent of GDP by 2020.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 49.08, stronger by 21 paise from its previous close of 49.29 on Friday. It has touched a high and a low of 49.1350 and 49.0650 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 49.21 and for Euro it stood at Rs 64.5849 on February 17, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 62.20 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 77.7513. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
| Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
February 17, 2012 | 49.21 | 77.7513 |
| February 15, 2012 | 49.25 | 77.4537 |
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