Rupee extended early losses; Petrol price hike unable to revolve sentiments

24 May 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee extended early looses and plunged to a fresh low against dollar on the back of renewed Greece worries. Investors were trading cautiously as they were hampered by fears that Greece would exit Euro bloc. American currency’s gains against major Asian currencies and strong dollar demand from importers pressurized rupee. However oil companies have increased petrol prices by Rs 6.28 per liter (excluding taxes) from yesterday midnight but even this move was unable to pull back local currency from its record lows. Meanwhile, rupee led a fall in emerging Asian currencies earlier day.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 56.31, weaker by 31 paise from its previous close of 56.00 on Wednesday. It has touched a high and low of 56.38 and 56.00 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 55.93 and for Euro it stood at Rs 70.87 on May 23, 2012. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 70.32, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.1485. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP

May 23, 2012

55.9388.14

May 22, 2012

54.88 86.84
(RBI-reference rate)

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