Rupee depicts resilience in wake of sluggish equities, euro on Friday

14 Apr 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee strengthened substantially on Friday on fresh dollar selling by exporters amidst renewed capital inflows even as stock markets witnessed hectic selling. Uncertainties of funding crunch in the euro zone economies reinforced hopes for capital flows into riskier assets, leading to the spurt of Indian currency. Local currency with strong teeth of resilience also managed to overlook the fall of common currency, to emerge victorious. Euro fell on Friday, sliding for a second straight week against the dollar as rising Spanish borrowing costs spooked investors already reluctant to hold the single currency over the weekend. However, rupee logged its second straight weekly loss in the new fiscal year that began on April 1, dragged by a sharp fall in local shares and strong dollar demand from oil importers.

Finally the rupee ended at 51.30, stronger by 28 paise from its previous close of 51.58 on Thursday. It has touched a high and low of 51.51 and 51.30 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 51.41 and for Euro it stood at Rs 67.66 on April 13, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.50 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 81.9338. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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