Rupee snaps 3-day fall on Friday

31 May 2019 Evaluate

Snapping three day falling streak, Indian rupee staged a smart recovery against dollar on Friday, following heavy dollar selling from banks and exporters. Sentiments turned optimistic with industry body FICCI's economic outlook survey showing that India's GDP is likely to grow 6.5 per cent in the fourth quarter ended March 2019. FICCI survey has put forth an annual median GDP growth forecast for 2019-20 at 7.1 per cent and the projection for fiscal 2020-21 has been put at 7.2 per cent. Besides, the dollar losing muscle against other currencies overseas helped the domestic currency rebound. However, gains remain capped as cautiousness remained in markets ahead of March quarter GDP data, scheduled for release later in the day. On the global front, Japanese yen jumped against the dollar after U.S. President Donald Trump’s shock threat to slap new tariffs on Mexico, which risked tipping an already struggling global economy into recession.

Finally, the rupee ended at 69.70, 17 paise stronger from its previous close of 69.87 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 69.92 and 69.68 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 69.78 and for Euro stood at 77.70 on May 31, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.59, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.16. 

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