Rupee appreciates on IMF’s rescue plan report

28 Nov 2011 Evaluate

Indian rupee gained in sync with local equities on optimism that Europe will soon come up with some concrete steps this week towards activating a crucial euro zone bail-out fund. Indian currency also drew some solace from the reports stating the possibility of International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending a helping hand to Italy financially, which triggered short covering in common currency-Euro. A report on Sunday from the Turin daily La Stampa, stated that the IMF could provide financial assistance between Euro 400 to Euro 600 billion to Italy to allow Italian Premier Mario Monti about 12 to 18 months to introduce measures to bolster market confidence in the country's ability to repay its debt. However, a warning by Moody's Investors Service that the rapid escalation of the euro zone sovereign and banking crisis threatens the credit standing of all European government bond ratings, could cap a sharp rise in the rupee .

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 51.98, stronger by 24 paise from its previous close of 52.22 on Friday. The currency has touched a high and low of 52.13 and 51.91, so far 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.

Date1US$1GBP
November 25, 201152.16 80.6442
November 24, 201152.25 81.2279
RBI Reference Rate

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