Rupee surrenders most of the early gains; ends marginally higher against dollar

26 Dec 2018 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after making a good start, gave away most of its gains but managed to end marginally higher against dollar on Wednesday, due to sustained selling of the US currency by exporters and banks. Local currency got some support with the commerce ministry Suresh Prabhu’s statement that India is preparing a specific strategy for exports to each geography as part of plans to make 2019 a year when outward shipments would start driving the country's overall economic growth. Besides, last hour recovery in local equity markets supported the domestic unit. However, gains remained capped as anxiety remained among the traders with former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu’s statement that distress in some sectors of the economy has slowed India’s GDP growth, the consequences of which could be far reaching. Basu said distress has been very much visible in the agriculture sector as the condition of farmers is bad. On the global front, dollar was down against a large portion of its companions on Wednesday, constrained by a mixed drink of negative elements including uplifted worries over a halfway U.S. government shutdown and pressure between the White House and the Federal Reserve.

Finally, the rupee ended at 70.06, 8 paise stronger from its previous close of 70.14 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 70.16 and 69.75 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.99 and for Euro stood at 79.81 on December 26, 2018. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.36, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.95. 

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