Rupee weakens on Monday; dollar demand from local oil companies weigh

25 Jul 2011 Evaluate

Indian rupee giving away morning gains, weakened substantial on Monday in tandem with other Asian currency. The local currency ended weak despite splendid performance of the Indian equity markets mainly weighed by the dollar demand from local oil companies for import payments. Meanwhile, on the global front, the dollar hit a record low versus the Swiss franc and a four-month trough against the yen on Monday as the impasse over raising the US debt ceiling kept looming large, weighing on the sentiment. The euro initially slipped against the dollar after Moody's downgraded Greece by three notches to Ca from Caa1, but the impact was limited because the move was not a surprise and traders were focused on the U.S. debt issue.       

Finally the rupee ended at 44.40, weaker by 5 paise from its previous close of 44.35 on Friday. It touched a high and low of 44.43 and 44.38 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at 44.41 and for Euro it stood at 63.86 on July 25, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 56.67 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 72.4914. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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