Rupee ends weak on Friday; defence-related dollar purchase weigh

30 Jul 2011 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended weak on Friday as banks stocked up the greenback for defence-related purchases on behalf of oil importing companies. Further, losses in regional counterparts and weak closing of local equities too spooked the sentiments. However, weakness of the dollar overseas provided a ceiling to the losses of the local currency. On the global front, the dollar fell to a four-month low against the yen and hovered near record lows versus the Swiss franc on Friday, while the euro came under fresh pressure as debt jitters on both sides of the Atlantic drove edgy investors towards safe-haven currencies.

Finally the rupee ended at 44.18/19, weaker by 10 paise from its previous close of 44.08 on Thursday. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at 44.15 and for Euro it stood at 63.10 on July 29, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 56.95 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 72.10. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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