Indian rupee recovered from its sharp losses against the US dollar on Friday on fresh selling of the US currency by banks and exporters. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is believed to intervene in the currency market to sell dollars. Besides, a firm domestic equity market also propped up the rupee. The Indian currency had yesterday hit a record intraday low of 68.86 but recovered towards the fag end to finally close at 68.73 -- still a 39-month closing low. The rupee has taken a battering as the demonetisation after-effect played out and concerns grew about a possible Fed rate hike in the near-term. On the global front, the dollar rose to an 8-month high against the yen on Friday as US bond yields resumed their rise in Asia after the Thanksgiving break shut markets in the United States.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 68.47, stronger by 27 paise from its previous close of 68.74 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 68.6975 and 68.3600 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 68.65 and for Euro stood at 72.38 on November 24, 2016. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 60.90, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 85.36.The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
| Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
| November 24, 2016 | 68.6560 | 85.3600 |
| November 23, 2016 | 68.4772 | 84.9665 |
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