Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar in early deals on Wednesday, tracking the gains in global equity markets and continued selling of the US currency by banks and exporters. Most Asian currencies and shares indices gained after a gauge of manufacturing growth in the US rose more than expected. The rupee has also risen on speculative bets the Reserve Bank of India may announce an inter-meeting interest-rate cut before its scheduled April monetary-policy meeting. A rate cut might diminish the yield-earning potential of the rupee, but it has a positive effect on the local stock market, which attracts large amounts of foreign investment capital. On the global front, the dollar was steady against a basket of currencies in Asia on Wednesday, not far from the previous session's one-month high touched after brighter economic data rekindled expectations that the US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates this year.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 67.64, stronger by 23 paise from its previous close of 67.87 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 67.76 and 67.59 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 68.15 and for Euro stood at 74.21 on March 01, 2016. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 60.50, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 95.0395. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
| Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
| March 01, 2016 | 68.1580 | 95.0395 |
| February 29, 2016 | 68.6160 | 95.1978 |
(RBI-Reference Rate)
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