Indian rupee settles higher against dollar

19 Jul 2022 Evaluate

Erasing previous session losses, Indian rupee ended higher against dollar on Tuesday, on persistent selling of the American currency by exporters. Traders took some support with Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary’s statement that the government has taken several supply-side measures to tame rising inflation. Some support also came as Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad stated that concrete steps taken by the government and RBI helped banks recover bad loans worth over Rs 8.6 lakh crore in the last eight financial years. However, gains remain capped with private report stating that American brokerage has cut its FY23 real GDP expansion estimate for India by 0.40 per cent to 7.2 per cent on slower global growth. It said the GDP growth will slow down to 6.4 per cent in FY24, adding that this is lower by 0.30 per cent compared to the earlier estimate. On the global front, euro rallied on Tuesday after report that European Central Bank policymakers will discuss whether to raise interest rates by 25 or 50 points at their meeting on Thursday to tame record-high inflation.

Finally, the rupee ended at 79.92 (provisional), stronger by 6 paisa from its previous close of 79.98 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 80.05 and 79.87 respectively.

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