Rupee hits two-month low on increasing dollar demand

04 Mar 2013 Evaluate

Indian rupee depreciated against dollar on the back of increased demand for the US currency from oil importers. Dollar’s gains against euro and yen pressurized local unit to an extent. Lower opening in the local stock market also added pressure on the rupee. However, some corporate dollar selling helped prevent broader losses in the domestic currency. Meanwhile, in order to improve liquidity in foreign exchange markets, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to remove restrictions on open position limits for rupee currency pairs.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 54.97, weaker by 7 paise from its previous close of 54.90 on Friday. The currency has touched a high and low of 55.09 and 54.89 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 54.48 and for Euro it stood at Rs 71.27 on March 1, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.91, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 82.7193. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date

1US$

1GBP

March 1, 2013

54.4882.7193

February 28, 2013

53.77

81.5690

(RBI-reference rate)

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