Rupee concludes weaker on dollar demand from importers

14 Sep 2022 Evaluate

Erasing previous session gains, Indian Rupee ended weaker against dollar on Wednesday, on account of sustained dollar demand from importers and banks. Higher-than-expected US CPI print resulted in risk-off sentiment among investors. Besides, losses in local equity market also hit the rupee sentiment. Sentiments were fragile as OECD said India’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the June quarter contracted 1.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter, when adjusted for seasonality, and was the second worst performance among the G20 countries - the first being China. Some cautiousness also came with private report stating that investments by private equity and venture capital funds plummeted 80 per cent to $2.2 billion in August, a 19-month low. On the global front, sterling gained against the dollar on Wednesday as the greenback moving broadly lower and British inflation unexpectedly eased for the first time in a year.

Finally, the rupee ended at 79.51 (Provisional), weaker by 34 paisa from its previous close of 79.17 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 79.60 and 79.38 respectively.

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