Rupee settles lower against dollar on Friday

17 Feb 2023 Evaluate

Rupee settled lower against dollar on Friday as the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and a muted trend in domestic equities weighed on investors' sentiments. Sentiments largely dampened as strong U.S. data released overnight coupled with hawkish Fed remarks fueled inflation and rate-hike worries. Traders shrugged off Economic think tank Global Trade Research Initiative’s report where it said that India’s merchandise exports have recorded a healthy growth in both value and volume terms in 2022. The outbound shipments rose by 14.6 per cent year-on-year to $453.3 billion in 2022. On the global front, Russian rouble fell past 75 to the dollar on Friday, extending a recent weakening trend sparked by embargoes on Russian oil products and the steady recovery of imports, which has raised demand for foreign currency.

Finally, the rupee ended at 82.84 (Provisional), weaker by 14 paise from its previous close of 82.70 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 82.85 and 82.73 respectively.

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