Rupee settles marginally down against dollar

12 Jun 2020 Evaluate

Indian rupee gave up most of its losses to close marginally down against dollar on Friday, due to fresh demand for the American currency from banks and importers. Traders remained wary with S&P Global Ratings’ statement that India's external position should remain stable over the next 12 months but COVID-19 pandemic-related risks to growth trajectory could exert downward pressure of the sovereign ratings if there is a weak recovery. S&P had projected India's economy to shrink by 5 per cent in the current fiscal, and the growth recover to 8.5 per cent next fiscal. Traders also remained on sidelines ahead of industrial production data for April and CPI inflation for May which are due later in the day. However, most of losses got trimmed as some support came with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s statement that the country's exports are drastically improving with the outbound shipments contracting 36 percent in May as compared to 60 percent in April. On the global front, euro edged up slightly against the U.S. dollar on Friday, not far from the three-month high it rose to earlier in the week, as traders paused from cashing in the latest profits.

Finally, the rupee ended at 75.84, 5 paise weaker from its previous close of 75.79 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 76.10 and 75.84 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 75.79 and for Euro stood at 86.04 on June 11, 2020. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 70.77, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 96.10.   

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