EU summit jitters drags rupee lower for yet another session

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. Cautiousness 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 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 rupee.

Finally the rupee ended at 51.76, weaker by 6 paise from its previous close of 51.71 on Wednesday. It touched a high and low of 51.91 and 51.69 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs 51.77 and for Euro it stood at 69.42 on December 8, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 66.69 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 81.3225. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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