Rupee ends unchanged on Monday

22 Aug 2022 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended flat on Monday due to mild dollar demand from banks and importers. Traders were anxious as India's foreign exchange reserves slumped by over $2 billion in the week ending August 12, as the Reserve Bank of India intervened to shore up the rupee and keep the currency below 80 per dollar. The RBI's weekly statistical supplement data showed that the country's forex reserves slumped to $570.74 billion in the week ending August 12, down by $2.238 billion from $572.978 billion in the previous week. Meanwhile, finance ministry's monthly economic review states that India is better placed on the growth-inflation-external balance triangle for 2022-23 than it was two months ago, on the back of government policy response and the RBI’s monetary policy actions. On the global front, euro briefly fell back below parity against a robust dollar on Monday and was languishing at five-week lows, weighed down by concern that a three-day halt to European gas supplies later this month will exacerbate an energy crisis.

Finally, the rupee ended unchanged from its previous close of 79.84 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 79.92 and 79.78 respectively.

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