Rupee ends strong despite choppy trade and equity rout

03 Feb 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee after a choppy day of trade managed to end stronger on Monday, though the equity markets plunged again and weighed on the sentiments but traders took some heart with hopes of the mobile auction payment-related inflows that are expected in the next few days after the 2G spectrum bidding started today. However, there was some dollar demand as well from the state run banks to meet defence needs and ahead of RBI's reference rate setting, which capped the gains. In the global markets dollar fell against a basket of six major currencies, however in early deals the euro too was soft on likelihood of the European Central Bank easing policy in a radical way to combat slowing inflation.

Finally the rupee ended at 62.57, stronger by 10 paise from its previous close of 62.67 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 62.79 and 62.56 respectively.  The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 62.68 and for Euro stood at 84.57 on February 3, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 61.41, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 102.9668. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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