Rupee strengthens on different measures of regulators

09 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after sinking near record lows in early deals, gained strength on Tuesday, after regulators restricted speculative trading in currency derivatives, although the measures are expected to provide only brief respite for the currency.  To arrest the rupee’s fall RBI banned banks from proprietary trading in domestic currency futures and the exchange-traded options market, while Securities and Exchange Board of India increased the margin requirement on the domestic dollar-rupee forward trade to 100% of the traded amount. However, the currency soon slipped past 60/$ mark after importers rushed to cover their positions in late hours. On the global front, dollar rose towards recent three-year highs against a basket of currencies, with more investors betting on further gains as the Federal Reserve prepares to reduce stimulus.

Finally the rupee ended at 60.14, stronger by 47 paise from its previous close of 60.61 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 60.48 and 59.65 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 61.07 and for Euro it stood at Rs 77.43 on July 09, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.36, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 89.9075. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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