Rupee recovers a bit of ground after a flat start; upside limited on dollar’s strength overseas

02 Jan 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after opening flat, has marginally recovered in early afternoon deals on Thursday, on increased selling of the American currency by exporters amid sustained foreign capital inflows. Foreign funds were buyers of $1.63 million in stocks on Wednesday as per the provisional exchange data. Additionally, massive gains of local equities, which are trading near record high level, are also supporting the prevailing positive sentiment for Indian currency. However, the appreciation of Indian currency also remains limited on account of dollar’s strength against other currencies overseas on strong US economic data. Back home, release of dismal factory output data is also weighing on the sentiment. India's factories lost momentum last month as softness in new domestic orders prompted firms to lower production growth, with HSBC Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), compiled by Markit, falling to 50.7 in December from 51.3 in the previous month.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 61.86, little changed from its previous close of 61.90 on Wednesday. The currency has touched a high and low of 61.92 and 61.74 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.93 and for Euro stood at 85.12 on January 1, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 58.83, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 102.3885. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
January 1, 201461.93 102.3885
December 31,201361.89102.0094
(RBI- Reference Rate)

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