Rupee prolongs its deprecating streak; S&P’s warning jolts the sentiment

11 Jun 2012 Evaluate

The Indian rupee, continuing its deprecating streak, weakened on Monday after international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) warned that India may be the first BRIC country to lose its investment-grade rating, a development that made equity markets snap their five day long gaining trajectory. The credit rating agency cited slowing GDP growth and political roadblocks to economic policymaking as some of the factors could lead to such an action. Failing to draw some support from the Asian counterparts, Indian rupee ended down in dumps. On the global front, recoiled from a near three-week high against the dollar on Monday as lingering doubts lingered over whether a Spanish bank bailout could solve the country's debt problems, made markets cautious ahead of Greek elections on June 17, 2012.

Finally the rupee ended at 55.74, weaker by 27 paise from its previous close of 55.47 on Friday. It touched a high and low of 55.81 and 55.08 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 55.23 and for Euro it stood at Rs 69.82 on June 11, 2012. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 69.42, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 85.9345. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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