Rupee surges on Thursday supported by rally in equity

01 Dec 2011 Evaluate

The Indian rupee surged on Thursday supported by the rally in the local and global equity markets and on expectation of more fund inflows in the market.  The domestic currency remained in jubilant mood since beginning tailing its regional counterparts that moved higher after world's major central banks’ came up with a new strategy of co-ordinated liquidity action to keep Europe’s debt crisis at bay. The five major banks said that they would lower the cost of existing dollar swap lines by 50 basis points from December 5, and arrange bilateral swaps to provide liquidity for other currencies.

Finally, the rupee ended at 51.46, stronger by 75 paise from its previous close of 52.21 on Wednesday. It has touched a high and low of 51.8400 and 51.4050 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 51.6520 and for Euro it stood at 69.5086 on December 1, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 66.50 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 81.0575. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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