Rupee continues its free fall ahead of EU Summit

08 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Dragged by weak domestic equities amid investor concern over slowing growth and lackluster policymaking, rupee continued its free fall for the third consecutive session on Thursday. Tepid movement of euro ahead of the European Central Bank's rate decision later in the day and the EU summit on Friday also weighed on the local unit. However, some dollar selling by corporate’s and recent comments from the central bank on the currency, hinting at possible action in case of a further sharp decline in the rupee, capped the fall of the Indian currency.

Subir Gokarn, a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India, on Wednesday said the bank does not want the current fall in the rupee to spiral out of control. Last Saturday, Gokarn had said the RBI will use all available tools to stem a fall in the rupee if the currency's downward spiral escalates.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 51.78, weaker by 7 paise from its previous close of 51.71 on Wednesday. It has touched a high and low of 51.91 and 51.70 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.

Date1US$1GBP
December 7, 201151.7880.3788
December 5, 201151.39 80.2031
RBI-Reference Rate
 

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