Rupee depreciates against dollar

08 Oct 2012 Evaluate

Tracking local equity markets weakness, Indian rupee depreciated against dollar as US currency gained following better-than-expected US jobs data. Increase in dollar demand from importers and weakness in Asian currencies against dollar also pressurized local unit. Meanwhile, dollar advanced modestly against most rivals ahead of a meeting of euro-zone finance ministers set for later in the global trading day.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 52.22, weaker by 34 paise from its previous close of 51.88 on Friday. The currency, so far, has touched a high and low of 52.23 and 52.10 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 51.61 and for Euro it stood at Rs 67.1735 on October 5, 2012. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 65.83 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 83.5704. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP

October 5, 2012

51.6183.5704

October 4, 2012

51.97 83.6754
(RBI-reference rate)

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