Rupee rises for 2nd straight day as exporters sell dollar

09 Jul 2018 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended stronger against dollar on Monday, owing to selling of dollar by exporters and banks. This was the second day of consecutive gains for the domestic currency. Sentiments remained up-beat with a report by the World Trade Organization (WTO) showing that India has initiated far more number of measures widely considered to be trade restricting since last year, when the US and China began locking horns on a global trade war spanning hundreds of billions of dollars. Some support also came in with Chief Executive Office and Managing Director of BSE Ashishkumar Chauhan’s statement that India will hit double-digit growth rates soon with growing GDP, legislative reforms such as GST and IBC, bolstered trading sentiments. Besides, the rupee derived its strength from strong gains in the local equity markets and also the strengthening of other Asian currencies against dollar. On the global front, dollar was losing ground against its main rivals Monday, weighed down in part by the pound’s leap following the resignation of U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis.

Finally, the rupee ended at 68.72, 16 paise stronger from its previous close of 68.88 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 68.78 and 68.57 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 68.65 and for Euro stood at 80.78 on July 9, 2018. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 62.16, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 91.46. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai. 

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