Rupee appreciates against dollar on positive local shares

30 Mar 2012 Evaluate

The rupee appreciated against US dollar on Friday as exporter’s cash in their earnings on the last trading session of the fiscal year. However gains in euro and other currencies against the US dollar, a higher opening in the equity market and dollar selling by exporters supported the rupee. Overall, there are trade deficit and outflow concerns, which are compounding year-end demand for dollars .

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 51.15, stronger by 24 paise from its previous close of 51.39 on Thursday. It has touched a high and a low of 51.30 and 51.11 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 51.14 and for Euro it stood at Rs 68.22 on March 29, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 62.02 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 81.4126. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP

March 29, 2012

51.1481.4126

March 28, 2012

50.9281.2134
(RBI-Reference Rate)

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