Rupee shows volatile trade against dollar

13 Jun 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee witnessing volatile trade as it rose marginally against dollar in early trade on Wednesday but currently erased all gains and trading flat in negative territory. Local currency found some strength as Euro surged against dollar in overseas markets. Meanwhile, instability in domestic equity markets put pressure on the local currency.  In the last three straight sessions rupee lost 86 paise on heightened local worries. However even Euro rimed lower as investors were not able to make any position and sticking to the sidelines ahead of an Italian bond sale and a weekend vote in Greece which will decide the outlook of the euro zone.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 55.88, weaker by 8 paise from its previous close of 55.80 on Tuesday. It has touched a high and low of 55.92 and 55.75 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 56.05 and for Euro it stood at Rs 69.98 on June 12, 2012. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 70.47, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 86.6911. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP

June 12, 2012

56.05 86.6911

June 11, 2012

55.23  85.9345
(RBI-reference rate)

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