Rupee witnesses dramatic recovery in morning trade

04 Sep 2013 Evaluate

After a lower opening and subsequent sharp fall, Indian rupee witnessed wild fluctuation in the late morning session on Wednesday, recovering by 33 paise on suspected intervention from the central bank, which was seen selling dollars supporting the rupee to some extent. Positive local equity markets also helped the domestic unit to move upward. However, sharp gains in the US dollar, which rose to a six-week peak against a basket of major currencies, as US President Barack Obama clinch the backing of two key figures in Congress in his drive for limited US strikes on Syria, pressurized the local unit in early trades.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 67.32, stronger by 33 paise from its previous close of 67.65 on Tuesday. The currency has touched a high and low of 68.61 and 67.10 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 66.88 and for Euro it stood at 88.09 on September 03, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 67.18, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 103.9499. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP

September 3, 2013

66.88 103.9499

September 2, 2013

65.86

102.5189
(RBI-Reference rate)

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