Rupee snaps four day gaining streak on Tuesday

20 Oct 2015 Evaluate

Indian rupee snapping its four day winning streak, ended weaker against dollar on Tuesday due to sustained demand for the American currency from banks and importers. Besides volatility in the local equity market swinging between gains and losses which lost the momentum at the end also hit rupee sentiment. Investors remained cautious as Standard & Poor's maintained India's sovereign rating at the lowest investment grade of 'BBB-minus' and a 'stable' outlook. However, the weakness of dollar against major currencies overseas limited the further fall of rupee. On the global front, the dollar slipped against the basket of major currencies overseas on Tuesday, as investors remained cautious ahead of the release of U.S. housing and building data later in the day after mixed reports last week left markets uncertain over the timing of the next U.S. rate hike.

Finally, the rupee ended at 65.05, 25 paise weaker from its previous close of 64.80 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 66.05 and 64.85 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 64.89 and for Euro stood at 73.52 on October 20, 2015. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 54.33 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 100.3926. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.  

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