Indian rupee ended stronger against dollar for the fourth straight day on Monday, on increased selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amid higher foreign fund inflows. Investors got support with a World Bank report stating that successful demonetisation will help in raising revenues on sustained basis as more and more people will come under the tax net. Some support also came with private report that the country's services sector activity increased at its fastest pace in four months in May led by a faster rise in new business inflows. The Nikkei/IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index rose to a seven-month high of 52.2 in May, from April's 50.2. Moreover, positive gains in the local equity markets coupled with weak dollar against some currencies overseas too provided added momentum to the rupee. However, gains were muted as investors remained cautious ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's policy meeting, which begins tomorrow. On the global front, dollar somewhat drifted away from a seventh-month low against other currencies after US employment data showed only few jobs were added to the country’s economy in May, while figures in the past two months were revised lower.
Finally, the rupee ended at 64.36, 7 paise stronger from its previous close of 64.43 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 64.39 and 64.29 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 64.34 and for Euro stood at 72.48 on June 05, 2017. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.20, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 82.79. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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