Indian rupee continued to trade weak against greenback on the back of increasing dollar demand from importers. The rupee has started discounting the RBI measures and reacting to FII pullout and other global factors. US currency’s strength against other Asian currencies, following Ben Bernanke's statement that the Federal Reserve may start tapering its bond-buying program also pressurized local unit. However, a positive local equity markets capped some losses. Meanwhile, currency market sentiments remained cautious ahead of a bond auction, which will be a key signal whether the central bank's steps aimed at keeping rupee liquidity tight are working.
The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 59.78, weaker by 10 paise from its previous close of 59.68 on Thursday. The currency has touched a high and low of 59.87 and 59.71respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 59.71 and for Euro it stood at Rs 78.21 on July 18, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.59, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 90.5891. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
Date | 1US$ | 1GBP |
July 18, 2013 | 59.71 | 90.5891 |
July 17, 2013 | 59.36 | 89.6905 |
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