Indian rupee strengthened against US dollar on Wednesday, due to sustained selling of the US currency by exporters. Sentiments got boost with the Moody's Investors Service’s report stating that Indian economy will grow by 7.5 per cent in the current fiscal year, 7.7 per cent in 2018-19 and will reach to around 8 per cent in 3-4 years on the back of government's various reforms. Some support also came with report that Southwest monsoon arriving in Kerala on the expected date this year and also advancing into some parts of the Northeast India. Besides, a weak dollar against some other currencies overseas too supported the uptrend. However, investors maintained cautious approach ahead of the fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) numbers, slated to be announced later today. On the global front, Sterling dropped against dollar, after a projection by polling company YouGov showed Britain's ruling Conservative party falling short of an overall majority in the June 8 national election.
Finally, the rupee ended at 64.51, 15 paise stronger from its previous close of 64.66 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 64.57 and 64.47 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 64.54 and for Euro stood at 72.14 on May 31, 2017. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.15, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 82.64. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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