Rupee strengthens a bit against dollar on Wednesday

06 Feb 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended marginally higher against dollar on Wednesday, as bankers and exporters took to selling of American currency. Market participants took some support with the finance ministry expecting economic growth to accelerate to 7.5% in 2019-20 from 7.2% projected for the current fiscal. However, local unit cut most of the early gains, as anxiety remained among the traders with a private report stating that the Indian rupee is set to underperform against the dollar again this year, weighed down by uncertainty ahead of a national election in May, but is unlikely to retest life-time lows. On the global front, dollar settled near a two-week high versus its rivals on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech failed to surprise currency traders with markets more focused on the near-term outlook for monetary policy.

Finally, the rupee ended at 71.56, 1 paise stronger from its previous close of 71.57 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 71.68 and 71.49 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 71.57 and for Euro stood at 81.54 on February 06, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 65.21, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 92.68.

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