Rupee hits the highest level since August 16 on dollar weakness overseas

03 Oct 2013 Evaluate

Indian rupee, extending previous session’s appreciating streak, strengthened the most since August 16 on Thursday, on account of fresh dollar selling by exporters after American currency sagged to eight-month lows following a failure by the US lawmakers to resolve a budget impasse that damped demand for the unit worldwide. RBI’s announcement to conduct open market operations (OMOs) by purchasing government securities for an aggregate amount of Rs 10,000 crore on October 7, buoyed the sentiment of Indian currency for second consecutive session, with spectacular rally local equities too adding to the positive milieu. Additionally, Finance Minister P Chidambaram's confidence of closing the fiscal with a better set of CAD numbers than initially projected, also worked in the favour of Indian currency. In the global markets, weakness of dollar pushed euro to eight month high level as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi stuck with the bank's current stance on monetary policy and said the ECB is prepared to do more should the economy warrant it.

Finally the rupee ended at 61.74, stronger by 73 paise from its previous close of 62.47 on Tuesday. The currency has touched a high and low of 62.22 and 61.67 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.93 and for Euro it stood at 84.23 on October 3, 2013. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 63.43, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 100.4397. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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