Rupee ends marginally lower against dollar

11 Jan 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended marginally weaker against the American currency on Friday, due to fresh dollar demand from banks and importers. Traders remained concerned ahead of index of industrial production (IIP) data for November. Some anxiety also spread among the local traders with a report that India's fiscal deficit target has overshot by 15 per cent in the first eight months of FY 2018-19, largely due to a revenue shortfall rather than front-loading of expenditure. Moreover, a weak equity market put pressure on the rupee but sluggish dollar overseas capped the losses. On the global front, euro was on track for its biggest weekly rise in four months on Friday as the U.S. dollar weakened on signs that the Federal Reserve could slow down the pace of interest rate hikes. 

Finally, the rupee ended at 70.49, 8 paise weaker from its previous close of 70.41 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 70.59 and 70.34 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 70.47 and for Euro stood at 81.20 on January 11, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 65.03, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 89.91.

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