Rupee strengthens on sustained selling of the US currency by exporters and banks

27 Sep 2016 Evaluate

Indian rupee strengthened against the dollar on Tuesday due to sustained selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amid a higher opening in the domestic equity market. Besides, weakness in the dollar against some major basket of currencies too supported the rupee. On the global front, the US dollar strengthened, hinting that investors viewed Democrat Hillary Clinton as the winner of her first US presidential debate with Republican Donald Trump.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 66.4775, stronger by 13.25 paise from its previous close of 66.61 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 66.53 and 66.4775 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 66.71 and for Euro stood at 74.88 on September 26, 2016. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 66.13, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 86.47.The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.   

Date  1US$ 1GBP
September 26, 201666.7095 86.4689
September 23, 2016 66.651986.9207
(RBI-Reference Rate)
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