Indian rupee depreciates against US dollar on Monday

16 Dec 2024 Evaluate

Indian rupee depreciated against the US dollar on Monday dragged down by a negative trend in domestic equities. Traders paid no heed towards the data showing that inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) in India eased in the month of November 2024 to 1.89% as compared to 2.36% in October 2024, due to fall in prices of food articles, crude petroleum & natural gas and electricity. Meanwhile, HSBC's December flash India Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, rose to 60.7 this month - matching August's reading - after dropping to 58.6 in November. On the global front, ringgit ended marginally lower against the US dollar on Monday, extending its loss for a sixth consecutive session on cautious market sentiment ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting scheduled for December, 17-18.

Finally, the rupee ended at 84.91 (Provisional), depreciated by 10 paise from its previous close of 84.81 on Friday. The currency touched a high and low of 84.93 and 84.80 respectively.

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