Indian Rupee settles higher against greenback

03 May 2021 Evaluate

Indian Rupee ended stronger against dollar on Monday due to fresh selling of the American currency by banks and exporters. Sentiments were upbeat as India’s merchandise exports in April 2021 stood at $30.21 billion, an increase of 197.03% over $10.17 billion in April 2020 and an increase of 16.03% over $26.04 billion in April 2019. Adding more optimism, with uptick in production of natural gas, steel, cement and electricity, the output of eight core sectors grew by 6.8% in March 2021. The growth rate of the eight infrastructure sectors had stood at (-) 8.6% in March 2020. Meanwhile, Indian manufacturing activity improved slightly in the month of April, as companies scaled up production in line with a further improvement in demand. On the global front; dollar levelled out after its recent bounce on Monday as investors made a cautious start to a week crammed with central bank meetings and big-ticket US economic data, waiting for clues on the global inflation outlook and policymakers' responses.

Finally, the rupee ended 73.95, stronger by 14 paise from its previous close of 74.09 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 74.33 and 73.90 respectively.

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