Rupee witnesses appreciation on first day of 2019

01 Jan 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee witnessed appreciation on the first day of Calendar Year 2019, aided by the Finance Ministry’s statement that in order to ensure that the fiscal deficit remains within the target of 3.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2018-19, the government is closely monitoring the macroeconomic conditions. The Ministry has directed ministries and departments to meet their additional requirements of funds from savings and keep their expenditure within the amount earmarked in the Budget for 2018-19. Some support also came with Sebi’s data report showing that Indian companies raised over Rs 29,300 crore by issuing non-convertible debentures (NCDs) to retail investors in 2018 to meet their business requirements, representing a three-fold surge compare to the preceding year. Investors took a note of a report stating that the country's external debt fell by $19.3 billion, or 3.6 per cent, to $510.4 billion during the six-month period ended September, due to a decrease in commercial borrowings, non-resident Indian (NRI) deposits and valuation effect. Traders shrugged off report that the growth of eight core industries slowed to sixteenth-month low of 3.5% in November 2018, as compared to 4.8% in October 2018, due to fall in output of crude oil and fertilisers.

Finally, the rupee ended at 69.43, 34 paise stronger from its previous close of 69.77 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 69.75 and 69.43 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.71 and for Euro stood at 79.93 on January 1, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.57, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.97.



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