Rupee strengthens to sub 62/$ level on Friday

10 Jan 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee ended stronger, below the crucial ‘62/$’ level on Friday, despite slender gains of local equities after IT bellwether, Infosys commenced the earnings season on optimistic note. Additionally, the local currency also drew some strength from India’s trade deficit data, which contracted to $10.14 billion in December from a year earlier, with exports registering growth of 3.49% to $26.35 billion for the same month. However, the currency lost some of its strength after local equities trimmed most of their gains by the close of trade ahead of the crucial factory output data, which is expected to be released later in the evening. Street expects industrial output to return to modest growth in November after shrinking for the first time in four months in October, helped by better overseas demand. Additionally, some dollar demand from banks and oil importers also weighed on the sentiment. On the global front, demand for euro zone peripheral government bonds helped the euro extended its rebound from a one-month low against the dollar on Friday, as investors looked to U.S. jobs data for direction on the dollar.

Finally the rupee ended at 61.91, stronger by 17 paise from its previous close of 62.08 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 62.00 and 61.80 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.93 and for Euro stood at 84.30 on January 10, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.01, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 102.0643. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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