Halting a three-day slide, Indian rupee ended marginally higher against US dollar on Wednesday, as exporters and banks stepped up selling of the American currency. Traders took support with former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan’s statement that India will eventually surpass China in economic size and will be in a better position to create the infrastructure being promised by the Chinese side in South Asian countries. Besides, weak US dollar overseas largely supplemented strength to the local currency. However, further gains were restricted as some concern came with a private report showed that India's industrial activity is expected to remain subdued in the near term, owing to muted domestic demand, weak global economic outlook and uncertainty among businesses over the outcome of Lok Sabha elections, 2019. On the global front, dollar fell against other currencies overseas on Wednesday on lingering worries about a global slowdown and continuing US-China trade tensions.
Finally, the rupee ended at 71.33, 11 paise stronger from its previous close of 71.44 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 71.36 and 71.15 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 71.20 and for Euro stood at 80.93 on January 23, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 64.94, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 92.20.
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