Indian rupee appreciated against the US dollar on Thursday amid interim Budget. Traders got encouragement as India’s final manufacturing PMI showed that manufacturing activity accelerated in January. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) recovered from an 18-month low of 54.9 in December to 56.5 in January. Besides, goods and services tax (GST) collections hit the second highest monthly figure ever at over Rs 1.72 trillion in January, growing by 10.4 per cent over Rs 1.56 trillion from the same month in the previous year. These GST figures were till 5 pm of January 31, and final collection for the month would be higher. On the global front, the euro hit a seven-week low on Thursday as the dollar rose after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back against bets of a U.S. rate cut as soon as March, and as traders processed market jitters about U.S. regional lenders.
Finally, the rupee ended at 82.97 (Provisional), stronger by 7 paise from its previous close of 83.04 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 83.03 and 82.93 respectively.
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