Rupee witnesses appreciation on Friday

04 Jan 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee settled on stronger note on Friday against dollar tracking gains in Asian currencies as the dollar fell on weak US manufacturing data. Rupee sentiment remained upbeat with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statement that enacting the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has helped lenders get Rs 80,000 crore in 66 cases and another about Rs 70,000 crore is likely to be recovered in the remaining months of the current financial year. Some support came with a report that the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has allowed businesses to correct any error or omission in filing of final sales return or GSTR-1 for the period July 2017-March 2018. Traders shrugged off report that the seasonally adjusted Nikkei Services Business Activity Index slipped to 53.2 in December from 53.7 in November. Further, the Nikkei India Composite PMI Output Index -- which measures both manufacturing and services -- too eased to 53.6 in December from 54.5 in November. Traders also paid no heed towards report that despite crossing the Rs 1-trillion mark twice this year, the goods and services tax (GST) collections are running well behind the budgeted target.

Finally, the rupee ended at 69.72, 48 paise stronger from its previous close of 70.20 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 69.96 and 69.66 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.86 and for Euro stood at 79.56 on January 4, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 64.60, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.25.

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