Rupee resumes depreciating streak on Wednesday; shrugs off robust IIP figures

12 Dec 2012 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after taking a breather in the previous session, resumed its southbound journey and concluded weaker on Wednesday, tracing lower equities and stronger American currency. Dampened rate cut hopes on account of higher October’s IIP and November’s CPI, mainly weighed on local equities and simultaneously on Indian currency which ended cautious ahead of November’s wholesale price index data  on Thursday, an indicator which Reserve Bank of India gives more weight to, in setting policy. However, depreciation of local unit was capped on account of fall of American currency in the late session of trade. American currency fell versus higher-yielding currencies including the Australian and New Zealand dollars on Wednesday on expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve would opt to pump yet more money into its domestic banking system.

Finally the rupee ended at 54.32, weaker by 5 paise from its previous close of 54.27 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 54.35 and 54.16 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 54.27 and for Euro it stood at Rs 70.54 on December 12, 2012. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 65.66, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 87.4276. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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