Rupee pares early gains on dollar demand

02 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Indian rupee erased early gains and ended lower against greenback on the back of increased dollar demand from banks and importers. Weak local equity markets and dollar’s strength against other Asian peers pressurized local unit too. Rupee reversed its early gains on dollar bidding by a large state-run bank; there was report of government’s defence related payment that too weakened the local currency. However dollar selling by exporters as foreign funds continued pouring capital into domestic equities, restricted rupee losses to some extent. Meanwhile, foreign investors have been paring their investments in the equity and debt markets following the US Fed announcement last week regarding scaling back its bond purchases towards the year-end.

Finally the rupee ended at 59.67, weaker by 15 paise from its previous close of 59.52 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 59.72 and 59.18 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 59.41 and for Euro it stood at Rs 77.61 on July 02, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.53, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 90.3813. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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