After opening in negative territory, Indian rupee capped the losses and is currently trading marginally higher on the back of dollar selling by exporters and banks. However local equity markets volatility and yesterdays Standard and Poor’s downgrade warning on India’s rating restricted the rupee gains. Investors remained cautious reacting on losses on Wall Street after the International Monetary Fund has cut its global growth forecast. Meanwhile, euro weakened on Thursday after Standard & Poor's cut Spain's sovereign debt rating.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 53.01, stronger by 5 paise from its previous close of 53.06 on Wednesday. The currency, so far, has touched a high and low of 53.1600 and 52.9950 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 53.04 and for Euro it stood at Rs 68.2100 on October 10, 2012. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 67.82 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 84.8341. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
| Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
October 10, 2012 | 53.04 | 84.8341 |
October 9, 2012 | 52.37 | 83.9990 |
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