Indian rupee weakened against the US dollar on Friday, tracking sharp losses in global equity markets after US President Donald Trump imposed $60 billion of tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump on Thursday directed the US trade representative to level tariffs on about $60 billion worth of Chinese imports after a seven-month investigation into the intellectual property theft, which has been a longstanding point of contention in US-China trade relations. Meanwhile, the domestic equity markets opened on a negative note also weighed on rupee sentiment.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 65.15, weaker by 4 paise from its previous close of 65.11 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 65.2100 and 65.1300 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 65.06 and for Euro stood at 80.37 on March 22, 2018. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 61.44, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 92.06. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
| Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
| March 22, 2018 | 65.0622 | 92.0630 |
| March 21, 2018 | 65.2162 | 91.3288 |
(RBI-Reference Rate)
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