Rupee retreats from 2-month lows on Wednesday

18 May 2011 Evaluate

The Indian rupee recoiled on Wednesday from 2-month lows hit in the previous session on Monday, on the back of firmer regional peers and a higher opening in the stock market. The forex markets remained closed on Tuesday on account of 'Buddha Purnima'. However, the gain of the domestic unit could be limited on concerns of cash dollar shortage and strong defence-related payments. Since the dollar borowing cost is high for corporates because of cash dollar shortage. Meanwhile, the euro was steady against the dollar and the yen on Wednesday after recovering from recent lows, since wariness over sovereign debt problem in Europe made investors nervous about piling up euro positions.

The partially convertible Rupee is currently trading at 45.08, stronger by 7 paise from its previous close of 45.15 on Monday. It has touched a high and low of 45.09 and 45.04 respectively. The Reserve Bank of India's reference rate for the US dollar stood 45.07 and for Euro it stood at 63.57 on May 16, 2011. While, the RBI's reference rate for the Yen stood at 55.69 and the reference rate for the Great Britain Pound (GBP) stood at 72.9728. The reference rates are based on 12 noon rates of a few select banks in Mumbai.

Date 1US$1GBP
May 14,201145.07 72.9728
May 13,201144.91  73.0596

(RBI-reference rate)

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