Rupee rebounds from day’s low as RBI tightens hedging rules

01 Aug 2013 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended little changed on Friday, but showed a strong recovery from intra-day lows as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continued to bolster its currency defense by tightening rules for curbing speculation by foreign investors, there were rumor about the its intervention too. Reserve Bank of India on Thursday tightened hedging rules for foreign institutional investors in the currency market; requiring investors who have issued participatory note contracts, to gain approval from the note-holder before hedging. However, euro losses and negative local equities prevented appreciation of Indian currency. On the global front, euro held losses after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi  as expected, left interest rates unchanged, since the market remained focused on Draghi's news conference.

Finally the rupee ended at 60.44, slightly weaker from its previous close of 60.40 on Wednesday. The currency has touched a high and low of 60.89 and 60.26 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 60.74 and for Euro it stood at Rs 80.60 on August 1, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 61.69, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 92.0550. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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