Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar on Thursday amid positive domestic equities and weakening of the American dollar in the overseas market. Though, spike in corona virus cases, India-China border tensions and foreign fund outflows capped the upside. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) sold shares worth Rs 486.62 crore on Wednesday, exchange data showed. Meanwhile, Fitch agency has cut India's long-term foreign-currency Issuer Default Rating to negative from stable. The rating has been affirmed at BBB-. The health ministry data showed the death toll in India due to corona virus rose to 12,237 and the number of infections spiked to 366,946, while the number of cases around the world has crossed 83.49 lakh with death toll topped at 4.48 lakh.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 76.14, stronger by 2 paise from its previous close of 76.16 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 76.1950 and 76.0800 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 75.84 and for Euro stood at 85.96 on June 16, 2020. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 70.54, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 96.04.
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