Gaining for the second day, Indian rupee ended considerably stronger against the US dollar on Wednesday, on continued selling of the US currency by banks and exporters. Traders took some solace with India’s Retail inflation, measured by the consumer price index (CPI), easing to 5.07% in January 2018, after rising to 5.21% in the month of December. Some encouragement also came with a survey by economic think tank NCAER enlightened that the Business Confidence Index rose 9.1% in December quarter 2017 over the previous three months as overall sentiment remained buoyant. Though, selling in last hour of trade in the domestic equity markets limited further appreciation of Indian currency. On the global front, US dollar continued to hover at one-week lows against other major currencies on Wednesday, as sentiment on the greenback remained vulnerable ahead of the release of highly-anticipated US inflation data due later in the day.
Finally, the rupee ended at 64.08, 23 paise stronger from its previous close of 64.31 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 64.18 and 64.04 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 64.12 and for Euro stood at 79.38 on February 14, 2018. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.84, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 89.17. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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