Snapping its four-day gaining streak Indian rupee depreciated against dollar on Thursday due to demand for American currency from banks and importers. Traders were worried with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das’ statement that the central bank is concerned over the impact of cryptocurrencies may have on the financial stability in the economy and has conveyed the same to the government. However, downfall remain capped as Moody's projected India's growth for the next financial year beginning April 1, to 13.7 percent, from 10.8 percent estimated earlier, on the back of normalisation of activity and growing confidence in the market with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, RBI announced yet another round of Open Market Operations (OMO) or simultaneous purchase and sale of gilts on March 4. Under this, the RBI will buy Rs 15,000 crore worth bonds in four different papers and sell Rs 150,000 crore worth bonds in two different securities. On the global front, rally in risk currencies on Thursday helped Britain's pound steady near $1.41, a day after it hit its highest levels in nearly three years.
Finally, the rupee ended at 72.43, 8 paise weaker from its previous close of 72.35 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 72.53 and 72.34 respectively. The reference rate for the dollar stood at 72.29, and for Euro stood 87.82 on February 24, 2021. While the reference rate for the Yen stood at 68.51, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 102.37.
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