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Rupee ends stronger after budget pegs fiscal deficit target at 3.2% for FY18

01 Feb 2017 Evaluate

Indian rupee appreciated for the sixth consecutive session on Wednesday, after finance minister Arun Jaitley announced a fiscal deficit target of 3.2% for the financial year 2017-18 up from the goal of 3% set earlier. Market participants got some comfort after Nikkei Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) monthly survey rebounded from demonetization downturn in January amid rising order books, production as well as buying levels and the expansion in the sector by increasing 50.4 in January from 49.6 in December. Some support also came with report that Growth in eight core sectors expanded at a faster pace of 5.6% in December 2016, against the 4.9% growth recorded in November 2016, supported by double-digit expansion in the steel sector. Besides, sustained dollar selling by banks and exporters, also dollar weakness against a basket of other currencies overseas too gave the domestic currency more muscle. On the global front, dollar sagged against its major peers after US President Donald Trump and his top economic adviser took aim at the currency policies of key US trade partners, further raising concern that Washington was poised to actively weaken the greenback.

Finally, the rupee ended at 67.47, 39 paise stronger from its previous close of 67.86 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 67.68 and 67.47 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 67.64 and for Euro stood at 72.91 on February 01, 2017. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.69, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 84.94.The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.   

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