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Rupee hits fresh record closing low on Monday

10 Sep 2018 Evaluate

Breaching the psychological 72 per dollar mark, Indian rupee ended at record low closing level against dollar on Monday, hurt by fresh demand for the American currency from importers. The rupee sentiments were hit after India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened to the most in five years. The CAD widened to $15.8 billion in the April-June quarter from a year ago due to a larger trade gap. The CAD widened to 2.4% of gross domestic product (GDP) in April-June, from 1.9% of GDP in the January-March quarter. Sentiments also remained downbeat with the State Bank of India’s (SBI) report that with the currency losing more than 11% to the dollar this year, India will have to shell out an extra Rs 68,500 crore when repaying short-term debt in the coming months. Besides, a sharp sell-off in the domestic stock market largely led to weak rupee sentiments. On the global front, dollar held largely steady against a basket of major currencies on Monday thanks to strong US August jobs data and amid fears of a possible escalation in the China-US trade conflict.

Finally, the rupee ended at 72.45, 71 paise weaker from its previous close of 71.74 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 72.67 and 72.08 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 72.57 and for Euro stood at 83.80 on September 10, 2018. While the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 65.42, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 93.73. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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