Rupee continues upward march for third straight session

01 Aug 2022 Evaluate

Rising for third straight session, Indian rupee strengthened substantially against dollar on Monday, owing to dollar sale by exporters and banks. Sentiments were upbeat as Indian manufacturing activity surged to eight-month high in the month of July, with marked gains in growth of new business and output. According to the report, the seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 56.4 in July from 53.9 in June. The upturn was broad-based by sub-sector, and led by investment goods. Traders also remain energized as output of eight core infrastructure sectors expanded by 12.7 per cent in June 2022 as against 9.4 per cent in the year-ago period, with all sectors except crude oil registering an uptick in production. On the global front, dollar declined to its lowest level in more than six weeks against the Japanese yen on Monday as investors ramped up bets that aggressive Federal Reserve monetary policy would tip the economy into a recession.

Finally, the rupee ended at 79.08 (provisional), stronger by 16 paisa from its previous close of 79.24 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 79.22 and 79.00 respectively.

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