Squelched by risk aversion, Rupee suffers substantial loss

09 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Squelched by dollar demand from oil importers and a slide in local equities, Indian rupee tumbled over 1% on Friday as cautious sentiment prevailing ahead of outcome of a key euro zone summit later in the day, sapped the demand of emerging market currency. Renewed concerns over the debt crisis in the euro zone after the European Central Bank said it had no immediate plans for a large-scale purchase of government bonds, mainly boosted the demand safe heaven American green back, thereby weighing on the Indian currency. Meanwhile, euro clawed back losses on Friday after dipping close to a recent one-week low as hopes dimmed that a European Union summit would make substantial progress toward containing the region's sovereign debt crisis.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 52.25, weaker by 49 paise from its previous close of 51.76 on Thursday. It has touched a high and low of 52.31 and 52.16 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.

Date1US$1GBP
December 8, 201151.77 81.3225
December 7, 201151.7880.3788
RBI-Reference Rate

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