Indian rupee ended flat on Friday weighed down by a firm American currency and unprecedented foreign fund outflows. Sentiments were downbeat with ratings agency ICRA’s report stating that the slew of regulatory measures and tighter funding conditions in the domestic markets to result in a steady slowdown in credit growth for the lenders, i.e. banks and non-bank financial companies (NBFCs). It estimates the incremental bank credit growth to slow down to Rs 19.0-20.5 trillion in FY2025, which will translate into a YoY growth of around 12%, compared to Rs 22.3 trillion in FY2024 (YoY growth of 16.3%). On the global front, US Dollar consolidated on Friday after a small retreat a day earlier, but looked set to post a fourth consecutive week of gains ahead of the release of the US Durable Goods data.
Finally, the rupee ended flat with its previous close of 84.08 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 84.09 and 84.07 respectively.
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