Rupee extends gaining streak against greenback

30 Jan 2013 Evaluate

Indian rupee extended earlier session’s gains against US dollar on Wednesday after the RBI slashed lending rate and cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 0.25% each on Tuesday to perk up economic growth. Increased selling of the American currency by exporters and a higher opening in the equity market also helped the rupee to hold the gains. Meanwhile, euro is trading near a 14-month high against dollar with market players focusing on whether it can breach resistance at $1.3500 and set itself up for further gains. 

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 53.58, stronger by Rs 19 paise from its previous close of 53.77 on Tuesday. The currency has touched a high and low of 53.58 and 53.42 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 53.70 and for Euro it stood at Rs 72.21 on January 29, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.17, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 84.3543. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date

1US$

1GBP

January 29, 2013

53.70 84.3543

January 28, 2013

53.89

84.9260

(RBI-reference rate)

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