Rupee ends almost flat against US dollar

16 Feb 2021 Evaluate

Indian rupee pared its initial losses to close almost flat against the US dollar on Tuesday, amid a muted trend in the domestic equity market. Traders paid no heed towards the commerce ministry’s data showing that growing for the second consecutive month, the country's exports rose 6.16 per cent year-on-year to $27.45 billion in January 2021 following healthy growth in pharma and engineering sectors. Trade deficit during the month narrowed to $14.54 billion from $15.3 billion in January 2020. It was $15.44 billion in December 2020. Imports in January 2021 rose 2 per cent to $42 billion. Investors also overlooked a private report stated that economic activity is on the verge of normality after getting severely hit by COVID-19 and Indian GDP will grow at 13.5 per cent in FY22. On the global front, the US dollar was mired at a three-week low on Tuesday as growing optimism about the outlook of the global economy in the coming months sent investors scurrying to purchase riskier currencies including the euro, crown and the British pound.

Finally, the rupee ended at 72.69, 1 paise weaker from its previous close of 72.68 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 72.85 and 72.63 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 72.59, and for Euro stood 88.12 on February 15, 2021. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 69.07, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 100.88.

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