Rupee strengthens against US dollar on Friday

21 Aug 2020 Evaluate

Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar on Friday, tracked by weak American currency overseas after the weekly US Jobless claims rose to 1.1 million compared with 971,000 the previous week. Rupee improved further amid firm domestic equities following Wall Street’s lead overnight despite US Federal Reserve minutes fuelled concern over the pace of recovery for the world’s largest economy. Though, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) sold shares worth Rs 268.46 crore on Thursday, exchange data showed. India has recorded 68,898 corona virus cases, taking its total past the 2.9-million mark to 2,905,823. With 54,975 fatalities reported on Thursday, the country's death toll has surged to 53,994.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 74.91, stronger by 11 paise from its previous close of 75.02 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 74.9650 and 74.8950 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 74.76 and for Euro stood at 89.28 on August 19, 2020. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 70.86, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 99.13.

 

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