Rupee ends marginally up against dollar

13 Jul 2018 Evaluate

Indian rupee shed most of its early gains but still ended higher against the American currency on Friday, due to selling of the US currency by exporters and banks. Traders took some support with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statement that India could soon emerge as the world’s fifth largest economy if it continues to maintain its current pace of growth. However, gains remained capped as traders turned cautious on account of disappointing macroeconomic data. India’s retail inflation surged to five-month high of 5% in June 2018, for the third straight month, as compared to 4.87% in May, while India’s industrial production measured by Index of Industrial Production (IIP) declined to a seven-month low of 3.2% in the month of May 2018, as compared to a revised 4.8% growth in April. On the global front, Sterling fell on Friday as a resurgent dollar and comments by President Donald Trump that a possible US-British trade deal was probably dead sapped demand for the pound.

Finally, the rupee ended at 68.54, 3 paise stronger from its previous close of 68.57 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 68.55 and 68.31 respectively.

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