Rupee strengthens against US dollar on Thursday

20 Dec 2018 Evaluate

Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar on Thursday after the dollar came under pressure against its major crosses and fall in global crude oil prices. Further, RBI decided to scale up the amount of liquidity infusion by Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 50,000 crore this month after a review of the evolving liquidity conditions. The RBI has already injected Rs 20,000 crore through two OMO purchase auctions. Though, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points (bps) in its last policy meet of 2018, concluded Wednesday. The US Fed raised interest rates by a quarter percentage points and signaled that interest rate increases next year would be at a slower pace than previously forecast. The decision to increase the rates for the fourth time this year was widely anticipated. On the global front, the dollar steadied in Asian trade after the Federal Reserve stepped back from a more aggressive policy tightening path even as it gave markets the distinct impression of being much less cautious than they had anticipated.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 70.32, stronger by 7 paise from its previous close of 70.39 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 70.6300 and 70.2750 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 70.10 and for Euro stood at 79.81 on December 19, 2018. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 62.38, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.74.

Date1US$1GBP
December 19, 201870.109488.7431
December 18, 2018 71.194089.8829

(Reference Rate)

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