Indian rupee, after opening substantially weaker recouped most of its early losses and ended little changed on Tuesday, however bit of weakness prevailed as banks and importers sought to increase their dollar demand. Further, weakness of local equities also weighed on the sentiments, with traders looking ahead at the inflation data next week for a clearer direction. Meanwhile, dollar's strength against basket of major currency limited the upside of the currency. The Indonesian rupiah led declines among emerging Asian currencies on Tuesday with South Korea's Won hitting a near two-month low as the dollar broadly gained despite disappointing U.S. data and another fall in global stocks.
Finally the rupee ended at 62.31, almost unchanged from its previous close of 62.33 on Monday. The currency touched a high and low of 62.47 and 62.29 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 62.37 and for Euro stood at 84.97 on January 7, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.71, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 102.2454. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.
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