Indian rupee, after making a good start, gave away most of its gains and concluded marginally higher against dollar, on Monday, due to sustained selling of the US currency by exporters and banks. Local currency got some support with Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das’ statement that the soon to be rolled out GST regime will help the country to grow close to 8 percent in next fiscal 2018-19. He also stated that the GST will club nearly a dozen central and state levies into a single national sales tax, helping the country integrate into one market. Some support also came with report that that Foreign exchange reserves rose $1.594 billion to touch a life-time high of $372.73 billion in the week to April 28, supported by increase in foreign currency assets (FCAs). The reserves had gone up $1.250 billion to $371.14 billion in the previous week. Besides, a firm domestic equity market and fresh bout of foreign fund inflows supported the domestic unit. Though, the dollar’s recovery against some currencies overseas on a strong US jobs report restricted the rupee’s up-move.
Finally, the rupee ended at 64.31, 6 paise stronger from its previous close of 64.37 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 64.32 and 64.19 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 64.21 and for Euro stood at 70.49 on May 08, 2017. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 56.99, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 83.25. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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