Rupee strengthens against dollar

02 Jan 2013 Evaluate

Following a positive start for the New Year, Indian rupee strengthened against dollar, tracking local equity market gains, after a deal in the US to avert a fiscal cliff. Increase in dollar selling by exporters and banks amid sustained foreign capital inflows also supported local unit to an extent. Moreover, investors were making strong positions on rate cut hopes in the next monetary policy. Meanwhile, euro's strength against the dollar overseas also supported the domestic currency.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 54.45, stronger by 23 paise from its previous close of 54.68 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 54.54 and 54.31 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 54.83 and for Euro it stood at Rs 72.48 on January 1, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.21, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 89.2254. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date

1US$

1GBP

January 1, 2013

54.83 89.2254

December 31, 2012

54.77

88.5092

(RBI-reference rate)

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