Rupee depreciates for second straight session

28 Dec 2016 Evaluate

Indian rupee depreciated for the second consecutive session against the US dollar on Wednesday, due to fresh demand for the American currency from banks and importers. The domestic currency made a weak start and remained under pressure throughout the day due to the dollar strength against other currencies overseas. Traders also remained cautious with the report that FPIs have pulled out close to $10 billion or a whooping Rs 65,000 to Rs 68,000 crore from country’s debt and equity markets since November 8, triggering one of the largest sell-off in two months in India since 2013. However, positive gains in equity market arrested some of the rupee’s fall. On the global front, dollar edged up against the yen on Wednesday after strong US economic data reinforced expectations that the US Federal Reserve would be more hawkish in the year ahead.

Finally, the rupee ended at 68.25, 19 paise weaker from its previous close of 68.06 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 68.25 and 68.10 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 68.22 and for Euro stood at 71.45 on December 28, 2016. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.06, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 83.86.The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.  

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