Rupee trades near a month high level on dollar’s weakness overseas

13 Jan 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after opening stronger near its one month high on Monday, which is its highest since December 12, is trading upbeat tailing the massive gains in local equity market, ahead of Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) data due to be released later in the evening. The currency gained momentum for second straight session despite set of murky macro-economic data. India's economic woes worsened on Friday with a surprise contraction in industrial production and a wider trade deficit. Hopes that consumer inflation, probably eased to a three-month low of 9.92 percent in December, from 11.24 percent the previous month-the highest reading on record, mainly lent some support to the Indian currency. Nevertheless, weakness of dollar also was working in the favour of Indian currency. In the global market, dollar hit its lowest level in nearly a month versus the yen on Monday after surprisingly soft U.S. jobs data disappointed dollar bulls, with traders reassessing how quickly the Federal Reserve can scale back stimulus.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 61.54, stronger by paise from its previous close of 61.91 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 61.63 and 61.52 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.

Date1US$1GBP
January 10, 201461.93 102.0643
January 9, 201462.18 102.3126
(RBI- Reference Rate)

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