Rupee strengthens the most in two week on Europe optimism

24 Oct 2011 Evaluate

Indian rupee after surpassing 50 per dollar level in the previous session has strengthened the most in almost two weeks on speculation that central bank would raise interest rates tomorrow for a seventh time this year. Indian currency also rose on Monday comforted by gains in domestic equities and euro amidst signs that a plan for resolving Europe's debt crisis was likely soon. German chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday that they would finalize a comprehensive response to the debt crisis by the end of the month, including a plan to make sure European banks have adequate capital. However, some traders anticipate dollar demand from oil and gold importers to impact intraday movement in the rupee.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 49.85, stronger by 17 paise from its previous close of 50.02 on Friday. It has touched a high and low of 49.94 and 49.60 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at 50.06 and for Euro it stood at 69.03 on October 21, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 65.26 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 79.1559. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
October 21, 201150.06 79.1559
October 20, 201149.71 78.0860
RBI-Reference rate

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