Rupee ends tad weak on month-end dollar demand on Wednesday

26 Feb 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee, after opening little changed from its previous close, failed to gain any ground snapping three consecutive sessions’ winning streak to end tad weaker on Wednesday on back of month-end dollar demand from importers ahead of a local holiday on Thursday on account of ‘Mahashivratri’. Additionally, prevailing caution ahead of Q3 GDP data which is likely to slow down near decade-low at the end of last year as high interest rates hit factory activity, also weighed on the sentiment of Indian currency, though positive local equities restricted sharp slide of Indian currency. On the macro-front, street widely expects Asia's third-largest economy likely grew at 4.9 percent over a year ago in the three months to December, similar to the 4.8 percent rate in the previous quarter. Nevertheless, weakness of dollar against basket of major currencies also prevented any sharp fall of local unit. On the global front, dollar fell against a basket of major currencies, but held strong against the yuan, which posted its biggest drop in three years and fell below its official midpoint rate on moves by China to stamp out easy betting on the currency.

Finally the rupee ended at 61.99, little changed from its previous close of 61.95 on Tuesday. The currency touched a high and low of 62.10 and 61.90 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.93 and for Euro stood at 85.11 on February 26, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 60.53, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 103.3126. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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