Rupee ends with strong gains on persistent dollar selling

28 Feb 2019 Evaluate

Breaking two-day downtrend, Indian rupee ended significantly higher against dollar on Thursday, on persistent selling of the American currency by exporters. Trades took encouragement with private report indicating that private equity (PE) investments in India witnessed a 36 per cent growth to $1,325 million despite fall in volume on account of increased follow-on investments last month as compared to a year ago. Some optimism also spread among the investors with a report that with inflation likely to remain under 4 percent till October, the Reserve Bank may cut rates to the tune of 75-100 basis points in the next financial year. The report also includes the 25 basis points reduction in the February policy. Headline CPI inflation is likely to remain below 4 per cent until October and averages at 3.8 percent in FY20. Besides, weakness of dollar in the overseas market helped the domestic currency rebound. On the global front, dollar ended lower against its rivals on Thursday, as the closely followed U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi ended without an agreement.

Finally, the rupee ended at 70.72, 52 paise stronger from its previous close of 71.24 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 71.24 and 70.70 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 71.19 and for Euro stood at 80.97 on February 28, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 64.24, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 94.70.

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