Rupee extends gains for second straight session; macro-economic data eyed

12 Mar 2019 Evaluate

Extending gains for the second straight session, Indian rupee ended stronger against dollar on Tuesday, on account of selling of American currency by banks and exporters. Traders took encouragement with a private report stating that hiring activities registered 16 per cent growth this February mainly led by the IT and software industry that clocked a 38 per cent growth. The Naukri JobSpeak Index for February 2019 stood at 2,415 from 2,087 in February 2018. Besides, weakness in the dollar against some other currencies overseas along with good going in the local equity markets supported the rupee. However, local unit cut most of the early gains, as anxiety remained among the traders ahead of macroeconomic data such as Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) to be announced after the market hours. On the global front, dollar fell on Tuesday after an apparent breakthrough in Brexit negotiations between the European Union and Britain encouraged buying of riskier currencies.

Finally, the rupee ended at 69.71, 18 paise stronger from its previous close of 69.89 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 69.75 and 69.50 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.59 and for Euro stood at 78.33 on March 12, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 62.54, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 91.87.

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