Rupee ends stronger on last trading session of 2016

30 Dec 2016 Evaluate

Indian rupee extended its gains on Friday for the second consecutive day as exporters and banks intensified selling of the US currency. Sentiments remained up-beat with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statement that the impact of demonetisation is clearly visible with tax collection figures seeing double-digit growth. He had said that there has been a 26.2 per cent increase in central indirect tax collection till November 30, while till December 19, direct tax collection increase has been to the extent of 14.4 per cent against a growth rate of only 8.3 per cent previous year. Additionally, smart rally in the local equity markets coupled with dollar weakness against some currencies overseas also added to the positive milieu of Indian currency. On the global front, euro rose on Friday, briefly climbing more than two U.S. cents against the dollar, as market participants awaited further details of President-elect Donald Trump’s economic policies.

Finally, the rupee ended at 67.92, 18 paise stronger from its previous close of 68.10 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 67.99 and 67.85 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 67.95 and for Euro stood at 71.61 on December 30, 2016. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.22, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 83.42.The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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