Rupee prolongs the weakness for the third consecutive session

04 Aug 2011 Evaluate

Indian rupee prolonging its slackness for the third consecutive session ended weak on Thursday in line with the regional counterparts who were hammered by a broad rise in the US dollar. Refiners buying dollars for days to clear dues of about $5 billion to Iran amidst negative local equities spooked the sentiment for local currency. The payments to Iran had been held up for seven months after the Indian central bank scrapped a clearing mechanism last December. On the global front, the euro extended gains for the second consecutive session against the Swiss franc after the Swiss central bank cut interest rates to curb franc strength.

Finally the rupee ended at 44.55, weaker by 24 paise from its previous close of 44.31 on Wednesday. It touched a high and low of 44.57 and 44.32 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at 44.41 and for Euro it stood at 63.55 on August 04, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 55.93 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 72.6984. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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