Rupee ends considerably stronger along with equities

24 May 2019 Evaluate

Reversing previous session’s losses, Indian rupee staged a smart recovery against dollar on Friday, following dollar selling from banks and exporters. Traders took encouragement with Fitch Ratings’ statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) apparent landslide victory is likely to improve business sentiment and outlook for private investment. It said that from a credit rating perspective, Fitch would focus on the extent of the next government's efforts to improve India's weak fiscal finances. Besides, weakness in the dollar against some other currencies overseas along with good going in the local equity markets gave the uptrend some momentum.  On the global front, US dollar declined against most of its major rivals on Thursday amid investors' growing appetite for the Japanese Yen.

Finally, the rupee ended at 69.53, 49 paise stronger from its previous close of 70.02 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 69.81 and 69.50 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.67 and for Euro stood at 77.65 on May 24, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.19, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 87.92.

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