Rupee trades marginally lower against dollar

14 May 2012 Evaluate

The Indian rupees trading marginally lower against dollar on Monday as following euro, which slumped to a near four-month low. Choppy local equity markets and lower Asian stocks also pressurized rupee. Meantime, investors were sticking to a new Washington Consensus, moving their money to the relatively safe US. However global oil prices have fallen a bit in the last few weeks. But the government seems to have postponed the necessary price hikes after the Presidential elections. This move was affecting country’s trade deficit, which is already at 10.9% of GDP, and country’s oil import bill continues to be alarmingly high.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 53.66, weaker by 3 paise from its previous close of 53.63 on Friday. It has touched a high and low of 53.70 and 53.55 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 53.64 and for Euro it stood at Rs 69.28 on May 11, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 67.20 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 86.4237. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP

May 11, 2012

53.6486.42

May 10, 2012

53.3486.11
(RBI-reference rate)

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