Rupee strengthens against US dollar on Thursday

11 Jul 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar on Thursday, amid a weakening of the American currency against major currencies at overseas markets after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell bolstered expectations of a rate cut later this month. US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told a congressional committee Wednesday that flagging global growth and trade tensions continue to weigh on the US economic outlook and the central bank is ready to ‘act as appropriate’ to boost growth. However, persistent foreign fund outflows and rising crude oil prices capped the strength in rupee. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) pulled out a net Rs 604.94 crore Wednesday, provisional data with the exchanges showed.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 68.36, stronger by 22 paise from its previous close of 68.58 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 68.3900 and 68.3000 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 68.73 and for Euro stood at 77.04 on July 09, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.18, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 85.87.

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