Rupee strengthens a bit against dollar on Tuesday

21 May 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended marginally higher against dollar on Tuesday, as bankers and exporters took to selling of American currency. Traders took some support with IHS Markit’s report stated that India’s economic policy will continue to focus on maintaining strong economic growth and creating jobs for the country’s large and growing population. It added that the government will also focus on the expansion of already announced policies including infrastructure investment, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rationalisation and financial sector regulations. However, late hour sell-off in domestic equity market along with dollar’s strength against major global currencies capped the gains. On the global front, dollar held near a 2-1/2-week high on Tuesday, supported by higher US-yields and as intensifying trade frictions between the United States and China boosted appetite for the safe-haven greenback.

Finally, the rupee ended at 69.71, 3 paise stronger from its previous close of 69.74 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 69.81 and 69.66 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.54 and for Euro stood at 77.56 on May 21, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.14, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.54.

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