Indian rupee trimmed some of its early gains but still managed to end higher against the American currency on Friday, on continued dollar selling by banks and exporters. Sentiments remained positive with Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar’s statement that economy is expected to clock growth of 7.5 percent in 2018. He further noted that as the economy picks up, employment will pick up. Besides, a weak dollar against some currencies overseas also supported the gain in rupee. However, gains were capped as anxiety spread among the traders ahead of key economic data - industrial production (IIP) numbers for November and retail inflation for December - to be released later in the day. On the global front, euro continued its ascent against US dollar on Friday, after the minutes of the European Central Bank’s December meeting, released on Thursday, were viewed by the market as ‘hawkish’, sending the euro sharply higher and back above $1.20.
Finally, the rupee ended at 63.62, 4 paise stronger from its previous close of 63.66 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 63.72 and 63.46 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 63.52 and for Euro stood at 76.53 on January 12, 2018. While the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 57.09, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 86.05. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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