Indian rupee strengthened marginally against the US dollar in first half on Thursday, due to a higher early trend in the domestic equity market and country's GDP accelerating to 7.3 percent in the September quarter. Earlier, the rupee opened lower on account of fresh buying of the American currency by banks and exporters. Dollar’s strength against some other currencies overseas on speculation that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December too attributed the rupees initial losses. On the global front, the dollar touched a 9-1/2-month high against the yen on Thursday, as oil prices surged after OPEC agreed to output cuts - lifting inflation expectations and US bond yields.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 68.37, little changed from its previous close of 68.38 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 68.5100 and 68.3100 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 68.52 and for Euro stood at 72.84 on November 30, 2016. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 60.79, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 85.53.The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
| Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
| November 30, 2016 | 68.5260 | 85.5342 |
| November 29, 2016 | 68.6535 | 85.2265 |
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