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Rupee weakens against US dollar on Friday

22 May 2020 Evaluate

Indian rupee weakened against the US dollar on Friday, tracking negative cues from Asian currencies amid escalating Sino-US tensions over Beijing's plan to impose a national security law on Hong Kong. Moreover, rising corona virus cases in the country too weighed on the domestic unit. The death toll in India due to corona virus rose to 3,583 and the number of cases climbed to over 1.18 lakh, while the number of cases around the world has crossed over 51.02 lakh with death toll topped at 3.32 lakh. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold equity shares worth Rs 258.73 crore on Thursday, exchange data showed. Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced the policy repo rate by 40 basis points to 4% to help businesses and public avail cheap loan by banks. It also extended the moratorium on loan repayments by three more months in view of corona virus pandemic said RBI Governor in a press statement.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 75.81, weaker by 20 paise from its previous close of 75.61 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 75.8600 and 75.7175 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 75.67 and for Euro stood at 82.80 on May 20, 2020. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 70.21, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 92.64.   

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