Rupee ends weak as better than expected IIP data doused rate cut hopes

12 Mar 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended weak on Monday as aggressive dollar purchases from local oil refiners offset the impact from rising domestic stocks. Indian rupee along with local equities lost considerable ground post better than expected January IIP data that doused rate cut hopes by RBI in its forthcoming monetary policy review on March 15, 2011. India's industrial output in January growing at its fastest pace in 7 months came at 6.8% for the month of January against the previous month 1.8% growth figure. This in turn outweighed the little optimism prevailing on account of CRR cut of 75 basis points, announced by RBI after market hours on Friday, which infused liquidity of about Rs 50000 crore in the cash strapped system. However, weak regional counterparts and euro also weighed on the local unit. On the global front, dollar steadied after hitting its highest level in nearly a month versus the euro on Monday as upbeat US jobs data last week made further monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve less likely.

Finally the rupee ended at 49.96, weaker by 11 paise from its previous close of 49.85 on Friday. It has touched a high and a low of 50.01 and 49.86 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 49.9448 and for Euro it stood at Rs 65.3999 on March 12, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 61.72 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 78.2535. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai. 

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