Indian rupee appreciated the most in more than a week on speculation that European policy makers will increase efforts to contain the region’s debt crisis, thereby supporting demand for emerging-market assets. Aided by the weakness of the dollar overseas amidst strength of equities in domestic markets, the Indian currency snapped the five days losing streak to emerge victorious. Meanwhile, rebound of euro coupled with upbeat regional counterpart too buoyed the sentiment for the Indian currency. The euro crawled up from eight-month lows on Tuesday as a report that Europe is considering beefing up its bailout fund prompted short-covering.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 49.19, stronger by 26 paise from its previous close of 49.45 on Monday. It touched a high and low of 49.30 and 49.14 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at 49.6170 and for Euro it stood at 66.4710 on September 26, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 65.03 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 76.6781. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
| Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
| September 26, 2011 | 49.61 | 76.6781 |
| September 23, 2011 | 49.67 | 76.5064 |
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