Rupee strengthens against the US dollar on Wednesday

04 Jan 2017 Evaluate

Indian rupee strengthened on Wednesday due to sustained selling of the US currency by exporters and banks. Sentiments got some support with the report that foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country grew by over 27 per cent to $27.82 billion during April-October this financial year. The FDI stood at $21.87 billion in April-October 2015-2016. Furthermore, expenditure Finance Commission (EFC) under Ministry of Finance cleared 29 proposals of various ministries involving expenditure of about Rs 2.11 lakh crore during the last year. Besides, dollar weakness against other currencies overseas, barring yen, too gave the rupee more muscle. On the global front, Sterling inched higher against a broadly weaker dollar on Wednesday after hitting a two-month low on a volatile first day of 2017 trading in London when Britain's chief EU negotiator quit.

Finally, the rupee ended at 68.05, 27 paise stronger from its previous close of 68.32 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 68.26 and 68.02 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 68.17 and for Euro stood at 70.99 on January 4, 2017. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 57.81, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 83.53.The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.  

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