Rupee appreciates against dollar; Obama’s re-election supports the upmove

07 Nov 2012 Evaluate

The Indian rupee appreciated against dollar following American currency's losses versus most other Asian currencies. Increase in dollar selling by importers and bank and inflow of foreign currency in the Indian stock markets supported local unit to an extent. Meanwhile, domestic currency rose after several series of weak sessions as Barack Obama was re-elected as U.S. president, which expected to add further monetary easing in the world’s largest economy. Euro bounced back from earlier sessions losses ahead of Greece parliament vote.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 54.30, stronger by 13 paise from its previous close of 54.43 on Tuesday. The currency, so far, has touched a high and low of 54.36 and 54.11 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 54.59 and for Euro it stood at Rs 69.8635 on November 6, 2012. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 68.19 the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 87.3091. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP

November 6, 2012

54.59 87.3091

November 5, 2012

53.6686.3676
(RBI-reference rate)

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