Indian rupee surges over three months high on narrowing CAD

06 Mar 2014 Evaluate

Indian rupee surged past its three months high on Thursday, supported by the better than expected CAD data and sustained selling of the dollar by banks. The domestic currency was in a jubilant mood since beginning and made a strong start on report that India’s current account deficit narrowed to $4.2 billion in the October-December quarter compared with $5.2 billion in the previous quarter. While, the equity markets surged to record high the foreign inflows continued unabated. Also, easing tension between Ukraine and Russia too boosted sentiments of emerging market currencies. On the global front, the euro remained cautious ahead of the ECBs interest-rate decision, while the dollar moved up shrugging weak private sector jobs data.

Finally the rupee ended at 61.12, stronger by 65 paise from its previous close of 61.77 on Wednesday. The currency touched a high and low of 61.53 and 61.10 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at 61.32 and for Euro stood at 84.18 on March 6, 2014. While, the RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at 59.74, the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 102.5402. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

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