Indian rupee, prolonging its relentless slide for third successive session, ended at historic low level of ‘68.80/$’ on Wednesday on escalating worries that foreign investors will continue to sell out of the country facing stiff economic challenges amid volatile global markets. Meanwhile, concerns over the effect the Food Security Bill, passed by the lower house of Parliament on Monday, will have on the current account deficit (CAD), combined with uncertainty over a possible US led military strike against Syria, continued to weigh on the sentiments for second consecutive session. Further, month-end dollar demand also added to the deprecation of Indian currency, which failed to draw a little relief from the recovery of Indian equity markets to shut shop near day’s weakest point. On the global front, dollar bounced back from a two-week low against the yen and climbed versus the Swiss franc on Wednesday as traders took the view that it is the safest currency of all as military action against Syria looms.
Finally the rupee ended at 68.80, weaker by Rs 2.68 paise from its previous close of 66.12 on Tuesday. The currency has touched a high and low of 68.80 and 67.06 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 68.36 and for Euro it stood at 91.46 on August 28, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 70.25, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 106.0281. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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