Rupee flirts with psychological '53/$’ level; musters some more gains on Monday

24 Sep 2012 Evaluate

After appreciating by a hefty 93 paise to a four-and-a-half-month high against the dollar on Friday, the rupee has continued its gaining streak on persistent dollar selling by exporters and some banks, fearing further rise in rupee’s value.  Hopes of more reform measures being in the offing have continued doing well for the Indian currency for second consecutive session, which also tracing positive local equities, is trading sanguine. However, weak euro and yen against the dollar has restricted local unit’s further upmove, which is currently seen flirting with the psychological ‘53/$’ level. On the global front, euro tested last week's low against the dollar on Monday as the rally sparked by stimulus moves made by the world's central banks earlier this month ran out of steam and also uncertainty over Spain and Greece hampered the sentiment for the common currency.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 53.22, stronger by 25 paise from its previous close of 53.47 on Friday. The currency has touched a high and low of 53.52 and 53.05 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 53.90 and for Euro it stood at Rs 70.0095 on September 21, 2012. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 68.98, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 87.6018. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP

September 21, 2012

53.9087.6018

September 20, 2012

54.34 87.9072

(RBI-reference rate)

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