Rupee continues upward march for third straight session

03 Apr 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 Asian Development Bank’s report that India's growth is set to pick up and is expected to grow 7.2% in the current fiscal on strengthening consumption. Investors remained hopeful ahead of the outcome of Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which started on April 02, to be announced on April 04. There are expectations of a cut in key lending rate by another 25 basis points to boost economic activities. On the global front, British pound rose against dollar Wednesday after Prime Minister Theresa May offered cross-party talks with the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, in a political gamble aimed at resolving the Brexit impasse.

Finally, the rupee ended at 68.41, 33 paise stronger from its previous close of 68.74 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 68.83 and 68.37 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 68.48 and for Euro stood at 76.88 on April 3, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 61.45, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 90.02. 

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