Rupee ends lower despite RBI’s attempt to curb burgeoning CAD

23 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Indian rupee erasing early gains, ended with negative bias on Tuesday, despite RBI’s attempts to curb the nation’s large current account deficit, by yet again tightening its restrictions on gold imports amidst dwindling expectations of tapering to the US Federal Reserve’s monetary easing programme. However, positive local equities limited further weakness of the currency. Demand of dollar amidst its strength in the overseas market mainly weighed on the sentiment of Indian currency. On the global front, US dollar rose against key rivals on Tuesday, climbing back after two straight days in the red, as rising US Treasury yields served as support for the greenback.

Finally the rupee ended at 59.77, weaker by 4 paise from its previous close of 59.73 on Monday. The currency has touched a high and low of 59.86 and 59.50 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 59.68 and for Euro it stood at Rs 78.68 on July 23, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.96, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 91.6621. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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