Rupee recuperates from new low’s on Friday

19 May 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee recuperated from third consecutive daily record low, tracking a recovery in domestic stocks and also on Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) assurance for further intervention in the foreign exchange market to curb the beleaguered currency’s slide. Indian currency depicted resilience despite the battering of other global risk assets on Friday as traders betted large on RBI’s ability to implement measures after already targeting deposits and exporters' foreign currency accounts. On the global front, the euro lifted off a four-month low against the dollar on Friday as investors trimmed bets against the single currency after its 4 percent drop this month.

Earlier, rattled by the shaky euro zone, Rupee sank close to the psychologically important mark of 55 as investors shifted funds to the safe havens of US. Additionally, subdued performance of Indian currency also weighed on the sentiment. Meanwhile, assuring the defend of beleaguered currency, deputy governor of RBI, Subir Gokarn, said, the central bank will continue with its intervention as well as administrative measures to support the local currency, which has fallen over 10 percent since its February peak.

Finally the rupee ended at 54.42, stronger by 5 paise from its previous close of 54.47 on Thursday. It has touched a high and low of 54.90 and 54.40 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 54.87 and for Euro it stood at Rs 69.48 on May 18, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 69.21 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 86.4646. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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