Rupee resumes depreciating streak on Wednesday

14 Aug 2013 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after getting a brief respite in last session, once again resumed its depreciating streak on Wednesday, on account of higher dollar demand from importers amidst the strength of American greenback in the overseas market. Further, sudden jump in headline inflation in July to a five-month high at 5.79%, against 4.86% (Provisional) for the previous month of June, also hurt sentiment. Additionally, disappointment about the piecemeal approach to providing details after Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday unveiled a slew of broad measures to curb imports and attract capital inflows, added to the negatives. However, positive local equities, which gained momentum on buzz of big diesel price-hike, to some extent limited the slide of Indian currency. On the global front, the dollar held broadly firm on Wednesday as traders turned their attention to the next batch of US economic data that could make or break the case for the Federal Reserve to start trimming its stimulus as early as next month.

Finally the rupee ended at 61.44, weaker by 15 paise from its previous close of 61.29 on Tuesday. The currency has touched a high and low of 61.56 and 61.29 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 61.51 and for Euro it stood at 81.62 on August 14, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 62.56, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 94.98. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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