Rupee settles significantly higher against dollar

31 Jan 2022 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended significantly higher against greenback supported by the recovery in domestic equities. Sentiments got boost after the pre-Budget Economic Survey said India's economy is expected to grow by 8-8.5 per cent in the fiscal beginning April 1 and is well placed to meet the future challenges on the back of widespread vaccine coverage, supply-side reforms and easing of regulations. It also said with forex reserves of over $630 billion and plenty of ''policy room'' to deal with the situation, India can withstand normalisation of monetary policy by central banks of large economies like the US Federal Reserve. Additional support came as Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) Chairman Narendra Goenka stated that the Council is looking at new markets such as Latin America, Australia, and Israel to push the country's apparel exports, which are expected to record healthy growth during the current fiscal and in 2022-23, even though rising raw material prices are impacting the industry. On the global front, sterling traded just off 23-month highs against the euro on Monday and benefited from a dollar pullback at the start of a week that should see the Bank of England raising interest rates for the second time in as many months.

Finally, the rupee ended 74.65 (Provisional), stronger by 42 paise from its previous close of 75.07 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 75.05 and 74.60 respectively.

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