Rupee continues upward march for third straight session

13 Mar 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee continued its upward march for the third straight session on Wednesday, on persistent selling of the American currency by exporters. Sentiments got up-beat with private report that foreign investments will continue to increase in the Indian market. It noted that there is nothing wrong with the economic outlook in India with inflationary pressure and the number of houses forecasting that the RBI will cut the repo rate a number of times this year, one should be sanguine about the economic outlook in India. The rupee's rise was also aided by dollar's weakness against other currencies and positive trend in equity market. However, gains remain capped as cautiousness remained in markets with data showing that retail inflation jumped to a four-month high of 2.57 percent in February, and industrial growth slipped to 1.7 percent in January on account of manufacturing sector slowdown. On the global front, Sterling strengthened the most among the Group-of-10 currencies Wednesday ahead of a vote where analysts expect Parliament to reject leaving the EU without a deal.

Finally, the rupee ended at 69.54, 17 paise stronger from its previous close of 69.71 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 69.78 and 69.42 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.62 and for Euro stood at 78.57 on March 13, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 62.55, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 91.15.

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