Rupee ends marginally lower against dollar on Thursday

07 Dec 2017 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended marginally lower against US dollar on Thursday, taking its losing streak for third straight session, hurt by good demand for the greenback from importers. Traders failed to get support with former RBI Governor YV Reddy’s statement that amid uncertainties in the global economic order, a sense of optimism about the future is more in India than in other parts of the world. Separately, a foreign brokerage report enlightened that the country’s economic growth is expected to continue with a shallow recovery next year, and is likely to inch up to 7.2% in 2018-19 from an estimated 6.5% in the current fiscal. Besides, the dollar rose to a position of strength overseas too weighed on the rupee sentiment. Though, spectacular rally in domestic equities helped the local unit to pare some early losses. On the global front, dollar recovered some ground against yen on Thursday, as global markets regained some appetite for risk, and on optimism that the US will successfully push through a tax reform programme.

Finally, the rupee ended at 64.56, 5 paise weaker from its previous close of 64.51 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 64.60 and 64.49 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 64.53 and for Euro stood at 76.08 on December 07, 2017. While the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 57.33, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 86.31. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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