Rupee appreciates against dollar following lower opening

16 Apr 2013 Evaluate

Snapping earlier losses, Indian rupee appreciated against dollar in the late morning trade on Tuesday amid increased selling of the US currency by exporters. Strong gains in local equity markets supported the rupee to an extent. Meanwhile, lower commodity prices is expected to reduce the pressure on the country's record current account deficit, which will also benefit domestic currency. Strengthening of yen and euro against the dollar in overseas market also supported the rupee.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 54.40, stronger by 22 paise from its previous close of 54.62 on Monday. The currency has touched a high and low of 54.65 and 54.34 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 54.62 and for Euro it stood at Rs 71.41 on April 15, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 55.67, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 83.6980. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
April 15, 201354.62 83.6980
April 12, 201354.44 83.7761

RBI-Reference rate

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