Rupee drifts lower ahead of EU Summit

07 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Indian rupee drifted significantly lower for second consecutive session on Wednesday as traders juggled with oil importer demand for American green back, amidst cautious optimism over concrete steps to resolve the euro regions' debt crisis from Friday's European summit. However, hopes that threat of mass credit rating downgrades will pressurize European leaders to come up with a convincing framework for resolving the euro zone debt crisis, despite boosting the spirit of common currency along with that of local equities, failed to cap the loss of Indian currency. 

Finally, the rupee ended at 51.71, weaker by 50 paise from its previous close of 51.21 on Monday. It has touched a high and low of 51.71 and 51.36 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 51.44 and for Euro it stood at 69.12 on December 7, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 66.19 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 80.3788. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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