Rupee resuming its southbound journey mirrors bearish global sentiment on Friday

25 Nov 2011 Evaluate

Indian rupee after snapping eight day long losing streak in the previous session, weakened again on Friday tracking the dispiriting close of local shares along with subdued regional counterparts. Even government's decision to throw open its $450 billion retail market to global supermarket giants on Thursday did not provide any solace to the currency since actual investment inflows are not expected to happen anytime soon. Meanwhile, appreciation of the American currency against the euro and other rivals overseas also hindered the momentum of Indian currency. On the global front, euro fell to seven-week lows against a buoyant dollar on Friday and was set to weaken further as disagreement on how to tackle the debt crisis drove borrowing costs to new euro-era highs and boosted demand for liquid assets.

Finally the rupee ended at 52.22, weaker by 14 paise from its previous close of 52.08 on Thursday. It has touched a high and low of 52.45 and 52.06 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 52.16 and for Euro it stood at 69.42 on November 25, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 67.39 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 80.6442. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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