Recovering from its record low closing, Indian rupee ended considerably stronger against dollar on Monday, following heavy dollar selling from banks and exporters. Investors’ sentiments turned positive with former chief economic advisor Arvind Virmani’s statement that India’s economic growth seems to be back on a recovery path and the country will be on a firm 7.5% plus growth track this fiscal. He also said the US-China tariff war provides an opportunity to increase India’s exports to the US. Moreover, the domestic indices zoomed to record highs which cleared the way for the rupee's up-move. Traders shrugged off report that India’s current account deficit (CAD) will widen to 2.5 per cent of the GDP in the current fiscal due to higher oil prices that has been accentuated by rupee depreciation. On the global front, U.S. dollar strengthened against its major counterparts on Monday, as sentiments lifted up amid hopes that the U.S.-China trade talks this week might help resolve an escalating trade war.
Finally, the rupee ended at 69.83, 33 paise stronger from its previous close of 70.16 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 69.87 and 69.60 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.76 and for Euro stood at 79.67 on August 20, 2018. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.09, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.87. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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