Indian rupee staged a smart recovery against dollar on Friday, on persistent selling of the American currency by exporters. Sentiments turned positive as the government data showed that retail inflation dropped for the first time after six months in February, easing to 6.58% as prices of vegetables and other kitchen items cooled. Also, India's industrial output grew 2% in January against a contraction of 0.3% in December. Traders also drew some solace with private report stating that India's central bank is likely to announce liquidity-boosting measures to help stabilise financial markets which have fallen sharply due to the coronavirus outbreak. Also, splendid recovery in local equity markets gave the uptrend some momentum. On the global front, dollar stood tall on Friday as investors rushed to buy the currency amid deepening panic over the coronavirus epidemic, while the euro nursed losses after the European Central Bank underwhelmed investors by not cutting rates.
The last traded price of rupee was 73.91, 37 paise stronger from its previous close of 74.28 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 74.50 and 74.08 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 74.16 and for Euro stood at 83.75 on March 12, 2020. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 71.56, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 94.99.
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