Indian rupee trimmed some of its early gains but still ended higher against the American currency on Monday, on continued dollar selling by banks and exporters. Sentiments got support after Union commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu exuded confidence that India will become a $5 trillion economy in the next seven years, adding that India will be a bigger economy than China at some point of time. He also said that manufacturing sector would contribute $1 trillion, services sector $3 trillion and the rest would come from agriculture for the country to become a $5 trillion economy. Besides, a spectacular performance on domestic equities too supported the rupee. However, gains were capped as anxiety spread among the traders ahead of key economic data - industrial production (IIP) numbers for January and retail inflation for February - to be released later in the day. On the global front, US dollar dropped against yen on Monday, after the US jobs report dampened expectations of aggressive interest-rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
Finally, the rupee ended at 65.04, 12 paise stronger from its previous close of 65.16 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 65.06 and 64.94 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 65.01 and for Euro stood at 80.09 on March 12, 2018. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 60.96, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 90.12. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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