Rupee trades upbeat tailing sanguine local equities

21 Feb 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after closing flat in previous session and making a gap-up start in early deals today, was trading upbeat on increased dollar selling by banks and importers. Besides, positive domestic equity market also helped rupee to trade a shade higher, but the US currency's strength against other currencies overseas capped the gains to some extent. On the global front, dollar held steady versus a basket of currencies on Friday, supported by upbeat data that underpinned hopes for continued improvement in the US economy. A brisk US manufacturing survey gave Asian stocks markets a lift on Friday and bolstered the dollar, though underlying concerns about China's economic growth kept investors from rushing to buy some emerging market shares.

The partially convertible currency is currently trading 62.15, stronger by 8 paise from its previous close of 62.23 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 62.18 and 62.09 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 62.28 and for Euro stood at 85.69 on February 20, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 61.17, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 103.8404. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date1US$1GBP
February 19, 201462.28 103.8404
February 18, 201462.12 103.9301
(RBI-Reference rate)

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