Breaching the psychological 74 per dollar mark, Indian rupee ended at record low closing level against dollar on Monday, as the US currency gained in global markets amid unabated foreign fund outflow. The rupee sentiments were hit with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) statement that the Centre and states should stick to the fiscal deficit target as any slippage will have an adverse bearing on inflation and increase market volatility. Sentiments also got hurt with a private report that the RBI is expected to increase policy rates by 25 basis points in the first quarter of the next year, primarily led by inflationary pressures and depreciation of the rupee. Traders ignored World Bank’s report that growth in India is firming up and projected to accelerate to 7.3% in the 2018-19 fiscal and 7.5% in the next two years. On the global front, euro fell across the board on Monday, posting its biggest drop against the Swiss franc since early September as a spat between Rome and the European Union over Italy’s budget plans forced a spike in Italian bond yields.
Finally, the rupee ended at 74.06, 30 paise weaker from its previous close of 73.76 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 74.10 and 73.76 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 73.92 and for Euro stood at 85.06 on October 6, 2018. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 64.96, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 96.85. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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