Rupee appreciates against greenback

30 May 2022 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended higher against dollar on Monday, on persistent selling of the American currency by exporters. Traders got some solace as RBI data showed that India’s forex reserves increased by $4.23 billion to $597.509 billion for the week ended May 20 on the back of a high accretion of core currency assets. Healthy gains in equity markets also supported rupee. However, upside remain capped as continuing their selling spree, foreign investors have dumped Indian equities worth over Rs 39,000 crore this month so far amid rising bond yields in the US, an appreciating dollar and prospects of more aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. With this, the net outflow by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from equities has reached Rs 1.66 lakh crore so far in 2022. On the global front, dollar resumed its backward slide on Monday as risk appetite across markets tentatively strengthened, supported by more encouraging economic data and bets that the Federal Reserve will tighten policy at a slower pace.

Finally, the rupee ended at 77.54 (Provisional), stronger by 4 paise from its previous close of 77.58 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 77.56 and 77.46 respectively.

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