Indian rupee, after making a good start, gave away most of its gains to end slightly higher against dollar on Monday, on sustained dollar selling by exporters. Investors took some support with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s statement that the slowdown in the economic growth in Q1 of 2017-18 (April-June) is transitory and that will definitely pick-up pace in the next quarter as the macro fundamentals are strong. However, the rupee gains were, to some extent, capped due to strengthening in dollar against some other currencies overseas. On the global front, the dollar steadied close to its highest level in ten weeks on Monday, with strong US wages data at the end of last week giving investors confidence that the Federal Reserve will hike rates in December and again after that.
Finally, the rupee ended at 65.35, 2 paise stronger from its previous close of 65.37 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 65.41 and 65.27 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 65.30 and for Euro stood at 76.59 on October 09, 2017. While the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 57.99, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 85.63. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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