Rupee squanders a positive start; snaps three consecutive sessions of gains on Monday

10 Feb 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, squandering a positive start and snapping three consecutive sessions of gains, ended weak against dollar on Monday, after local equity markets reversed their intra-day gains and ended with a cut of over one tenth of percent. In the earlier part of the session, the Indian currency traded upbeat after Central Statistics Office (CSO), pegged economic growth rate for 2013-14 at 4.9 against 4.5 percent in 2012-13 and also tad higher than the general expectation of a growth of 4.7-4.8 percent, while the rise of 113,000 U.S. payrolls although fell short of a forecasted increase of 185,000, the details were not bad enough to influence the Federal Reserve from steadily winding down its bond-buying stimulus. However, unlike Indian currency, most of emerging Asian currencies appreciated on Monday, tracking gains in regional stocks, while investors awaited testimony by new Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen later this week for clues on future U.S. monetary policy.

Finally the rupee ended at 62.44, weaker by 14 paise from its previous close of 62.30 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 62.48 and 62.10 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 62.19 and for Euro stood at 84.74 on February 10, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 60.74, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 102.1396. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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