Rupee ends little changed on Wednesday; reversal of gains at Dalal Street weighs

29 Jan 2014 Evaluate
Indian rupee, after opening strong and reclaiming some more ground thereafter, ended little changed on Wednesday, after intra-day reversal in Indian equity markets, which took place in the last hour of trade that washed away all its early gains. Additionally, some month-end dollar demand from banks and oil importers also weighed on the sentiments. However, the Indian currency tracking the gains of other Asian currencies, managed to end stronger after Turkey's massive rate hike, calmed emerging markets after several days of turmoil. In the global market, Turkey followed India by tightening policy at a midnight meeting of its central bank, with the massive hike in the overnight lending rate of 425 basis points taking rates all the way to 12 percent.

Finally, the rupee ended at 62.41, little changed from its previous close of 62.50 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 62.51 and 62.10 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 62.20 and for Euro stood at 84.96 on January 29, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 60.22, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 103.1160. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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