Indian rupee weakened against the US dollar on Friday tracking strong American currency and negative equity markets. Rising crude oil prices also dampened investors' sentiments. Traders were worried, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its ‘minutes of the recent monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting’ said that the headline inflation is likely to witness a spike in the near months on account of supply disruptions due to adverse weather conditions. It said there are risks from the impact of the skewed south-west monsoon so far, a possible El Nino event and upward pressures on global food prices due to geopolitical hostilities. On the global front, the British pound dropped lower on Friday as investors rein in expectations of where they think the Bank of England's interest rate might peak after recent soft activity data.
Finally, the rupee ended at 82.64 (Provisional), weaker by 8 paise from its previous close of 82.56 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 82.73 and 82.60 respectively.
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