Rupee tumbles to a two week low tailing sluggish local equities and weaker euro

12 Jul 2011 Evaluate

Indian rupee suffered sharp fall against the dollar on Tuesday on fears that the euro zone debt crisis will spread to the much larger economies like Italy and Spain, increased the safe-haven appeal of the latter and spooked the sentiment of the local currency. Indian rupee tailing sluggish local equities lost substantial weight. Mainly poor May IIP numbers coupled with muted earning of the IT major Infosys led to the massacre at the equity markets. Additionally, persistent demand for the American currency from banks and importers due to dollar firmness in global markets also weighed on rupee.  On the global front, the euro stumbled to an all-time low against the Swiss franc on Tuesday as euro zone government bond yields vaulted higher due to deepening concerns about the region's debt crisis.

Finally the Rupee ended at 44.71, weaker by 23 paise from its previous close of 44.48 on Monday. It has touched a high and low of 44.75 and 44.59 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at 44.68 and for Euro it stood at 62.2589 on July 12, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 55.96 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 70.8749. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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