Rising for the third straight day, Indian rupee closed at one-week high against US dollar on Thursday, on the back of dollar sales by banks and sustained flows in the domestic equity market. Investors took some support with the Department of Economic Affairs Secretary, Subhash Chandra Garg’s statement that India’s GDP might return to 7% plus growth by next year as all indicators point to an ‘economic turnaround’. Besides, dollar struggled against some other currencies overseas, further supported the rupee sentiment. However, gains were limited as some caution lingered in the market ahead of release of crucial macro-economic data- August IIP and September CPI, which are scheduled to be released later in the day. On the global front, euro climbed to a two-week high against dollar on Thursday after a slew of strong data that supported a growing view that the European Central Bank will announce a plan to wind down its huge stimulus plan at a policy meeting later this month.
Finally, the rupee ended at 65.08, 5 paise stronger from its previous close of 65.13 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 65.16 and 65.04 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 65.10 and for Euro stood at 77.27 on October 12, 2017. While the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 57.98, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 86.23. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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