Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar on Thursday, even as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point. In her final act as the Fed chair, Janet Yellen moved to hike rates to a range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent, citing solid US job growth and household spending. The central bank kept its policy outlook on additional increases for 2018 and 2019 unchanged. Meanwhile, domestic equity markets opened in green following global cues supported the rupee sentiment.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 64.27, stronger by 17 paise from its previous close of 64.44 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 64.3250 and 64.2450 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 64.45 and for Euro stood at 75.77 on December 13, 2017. While the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 56.87, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 85.94. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
| Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
| December 13, 2017 | 64.4525 | 85.9410 |
| December 12, 2017 | 64.4834 | 86.0466 |
(RBI-Reference Rate)
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