Rupee continues southward journey against dollar amid capital outflows

04 Apr 2013 Evaluate

Indian rupee continued trading lower against the dollar on the back of continued capital outflows and increased demand for greenback from importers. Weakness in local equity markets also pressurized domestic currency to an extent. Meanwhile, the dollar's gains against the euro and other overseas currencies also added pressure on the local unit. Meanwhile, in addition to the growing concerns of widening current account deficit, gold prices, which touched a 10-month low also added to the Indian currency’s woes.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 54.63, weaker by 19 paise from its previous close of 54.44 on Wednesday. The currency has touched a high and low of 54.68 and 54.49 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 54.38 and for Euro it stood at Rs 69.58 on April 3, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.15, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 82.0478. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.  

Date1US$1GBP
April 3, 201354.38 82.0478
April 2, 201354.3382.7243

RBI-Reference rate

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