Rupee ends marginally higher against dollar

09 Aug 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee erased early gains on the back of unexpected slump in industrial output but still managed to hold green mark against dollar on Thursday. Dollar weakness against other emerging Asian currencies also helped domestic unit to hold gains. Further, rising hopes for rate cut from RBI on the back of lower than expected IIP numbers also helped domestic currency to limit losses. Investors were also expecting some strong reforms from the new finance minister P Chidambaram to attract foreign investment.

Finally the rupee ended at 55.30, stronger by 12 paise from its previous close of 55.42 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 55.39 and 55.06 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 55.17 and for Euro it stood at Rs 68.27 on August 9, 2012. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 70.28, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 86.4262. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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