Indian rupee remained unchanged as compared to its previous close, as weak macro-economic data disappointed market participants. India's retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) spiked to 7.59 per cent for the month of January 2020 from 7.35 per cent in December 2019, due to costlier food products like vegetables, pulses and protein-rich items. Industrial production contracted by 0.3 per cent in December 2019 as against 2.5 per cent growth in same month a year ago, weighed by a decline in the manufacturing sector. A weak trend at Dalal Street and rising crude oil prices weighed on the local unit, while weakening of the American currency supported the local unit to some extent. On the global front, yen rose from a three-week low against the dollar on Thursday after China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak, reported a sharp jump in the number of new cases in a jolt to markets and sparking a flight for safe-haven assets.
The last traded price of rupee was 71.33, unchanged from its previous close on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 71.49 and 71.32 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 71.25 and for Euro stood at 77.73 on February 12, 2020. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 64.86, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 92.31.
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