Rupee breaches 67 level against dollar on Friday

11 Nov 2016 Evaluate

Indian rupee breaching 67 level ended considerably weaker against dollar on Friday due to demand for dollar from banks and importers amid capital outflows from the local equity markets. Dollar climbed to a four-month high against some currencies overseas on the prospect of higher US interest rates with investors betting Donald Trump’s huge spending policies aided to pessimistic milieu. Sentiments weakened further with the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statement where he hinted to a probable delay in the rollout of the indirect tax regime. Investors failed to get solace with the NITI Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya’s statement that the government's recent move to demonetize Rs 500 and Rs 1000 rupee notes could lead to moderation in inflation unless there is tangible action from the Reserve Bank of India.

Finally, the rupee ended at 67.25, 63 paise weaker from its previous close of 66.62 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 67.25 and 66.90 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 67.02 and for Euro stood at 73.11 on November 11, 2016. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 62.94, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 84.17.The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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