Rupee strengthens on weakening American currency

04 Jan 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee strengthened against US dollar on Friday amid weakening American currency and positive opening of the domestic equity market. Besides, the American currency lost some ground against major currencies overseas on weak US manufacturing data, too supported the local currency. A gauge of US manufacturing plunged by the most since the 2008 recession a day after Apple cut its revenue outlook, fuelling concern that the trade war with China is taking a bigger-than-expected toll on economic growth. However, robust foreign fund outflows amid rising trade deficit worries, capped the up-move. On Thursday, foreign investors (FIIs) were the net sellers to the tune of Rs 972.81 crore in the capital markets while domestic investors (DIIs) emerged as the net buyers to the tune of Rs 34.52 crore, data showed. On the global front, the safe-haven yen weakened versus the dollar on Friday on hopes upcoming US-China trade talks would make some progress, but broader market confidence remained weak amid worries over slowing global growth.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 69.91, stronger by 29 paise from its previous close of 70.20 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 69.9600 and 69.8650 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 70.36 and for Euro stood at 79.92 on January 3, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 65.80, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.27.

Date1US$1GBP
January 03, 201970.362788.2756
January 02, 201969.608988.8261

(Reference Rate)

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