Rupee appreciates against dollar on Wednesday

11 Dec 2019 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended higher against dollar for sixth straight session on Wednesday, due to increased selling of the American currency by banks and exporters. Traders took encouragement from government’s report that demonetization followed by digitalization has succeeded in reducing incremental growth in currency in circulation by over Rs 3 lakh crore. The notes in circulation (NIC) as on November 4, 2016 were worth Rs 17,74,187 crore which have increased to Rs 22,35,648 crore as on December 2, 2019. However, upward move got restricted with Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) report as it lowered its forecast for India to 5.1% for 2019 from its September estimates of 6.5% as the foundering of a major nonbanking financial company in 2018 led to a rise in risk aversion in the financial sector and a credit crunch. On global front, dollar edged higher as investors awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve meeting and drew some support from hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump will delay the imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods.

Finally, the rupee ended at 70.85, 7 paise stronger from its previous close of 70.92 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 70.94 and 70.74 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 70.89 and for Euro stood at 78.45 on December 10, 2019. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 65.27, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 93.27.

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