Rupee appreciates against dollar on Thursday

19 Oct 2023 Evaluate

Rupee settled higher against dollar on Thursday tracking softening crude prices in the international markets amid lingering geopolitical uncertainties. Traders got support as private report expects GDP growth in the current fiscal to be in the range of 6.5-6.8 per cent primarily due to upcoming festive spending as well as higher government expenditure before the national elections mid-next year. Besides, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel said that India is one of the fastest-growing economies with many investment opportunities, especially in the food processing sector. The minister also noted that World Food India event is an effort towards projecting potential of the sector before global stakeholders. On the global front, dollar held firm against major currencies on Thursday and gained against more volatile ones, underpinned by the U.S. 10-year yield nearing the 5% level and before remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at a discussion on the economy. 

Finally, the rupee ended at 83.23 (Provisional), stronger by 5 paisa from its previous close of 83.28 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 83.28 and 83.23 respectively.

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