Rupee starts New Year on positive note

01 Jan 2013 Evaluate

Following positive local equity markets, Indian rupee appreciated against dollar on the first day of trading in the New Year amid dollar selling by exporters and some banks. Investor’s sentiments were boosted after White House and congressional lawmakers have reached a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, which will delay harsh spending cuts by two months. However, domestic currency’s gains were capped by the country’s widening current account deficit, which stood at 5.4% of GDP in the September quarter as export growth slowed more sharply than imports. Meanwhile, strengthening of euro against the dollar also supported the local unit to an extent.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 54.75, stronger by 23 paise from its previous close of 54.98 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 54.86 and 54.70 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 54.77 and for Euro it stood at Rs 72.26 on December 31, 2012. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.66, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 88.5092. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date

1US$

1GBP

December 31, 2012

54.77 88.5092

December 28, 2012

54.84

88.3974

(RBI-reference rate)

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