Indian rupee strengthened against US dollar on Wednesday, as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) used a less hawkish tone and reduced the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) in its second bi-monthly monetary policy for financial year 2017-18. The central bank left repo and reverse repo rates unchanged at 6.25% and 6%, respectively and lowered its inflation estimates for the current financial year. Sentiments also got some support after the Met Department upgraded the South-West monsoon forecast to 98% of the long-term average rainfall from 96% earlier. Rainfall during the June-September monsoon season is expected to be normal, with a high possibility of all four broad geographical regions receiving evenly distributed rains. Moreover, positive momentum in the domestic equities and continuous foreign capital inflows too supported the rupee. On the global front, dollar jumped against the euro following reports that the European Central Bank is preparing to cut its inflation forecast.
Finally, the rupee ended at 64.33, 9 paise stronger from its previous close of 64.42 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 64.51 and 64.30 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 64.45 and for Euro stood at 72.65 on June 07, 2017. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.93, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 83.24. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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