Rupee breaches 70/$ mark on rising global crude prices

25 Apr 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee beached the psychological mark of 70 against the US dollar on Thursday on rising global crude prices after US ended waivers for countries importing Iranian oil. Further, fresh dollar demand from banks and importers too weighed on the domestic unit. However, the dollar’s weakness against some currencies overseas and a higher opening of the domestic equity markets capped the rupee’s losses. Foreign institutional investors emerged as net buyers in the capital markets, putting in Rs 974.88 crore Wednesday, according to the provisional data. On the global front, the euro steadied against the dollar on Thursday after renewed worries about a growth slowdown in Germany drove it to a 22-month low overnight, while the yen showed little reaction to a Bank of Japan policy decision. The Japanese currency gave up a tad of its earlier gains against the dollar after the BOJ announced it intends to keep interest rates very low for a prolonged period, committing to do so at least through around the spring of next year.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 70.05, weaker by 19 paise from its previous close of 69.86 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 70.0850 and 69.9700 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.90 and for Euro stood at 78.33 on April 24, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 62.53, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 90.34.

Date1US$1GBP
April 24, 201969.904590.3460
April 23, 201969.747490.5428

(Reference Rate)

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