India’s foreign exchange reserves increase by $5.5 billion to $692.6 billion as the value of gold rises sharply.

Due to a sharp rise in the value of gold reserves, India’s foreign exchange reserves increased $5.543 billion to $692.576 billion during the week ending November 14, the RBI reported on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the total reserves had decreased by $2.699 billion to $687.034 billion. According to figures issued on Friday, foreign…

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Rupee falls to an all-time low of 89.48 as hopes for a Fed cut weaken and the US-India deal remains uncertain.

Due to declining risk appetite, dwindling hopes for a Federal Reserve rate decrease, and uncertainty around a US-India trade agreement, the Indian rupee fell to a record low against the dollar on Friday. The rupee fell from its previous all-time low of 88.80, which was reached in late September and earlier this month, to 89.48….

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The US dollar is weak, the rupee is rangebound, and everyone is waiting for the US government shutdown news.

The presence of state-run banks curbed weakening in the local currency. Still, consistent interbank dollar bids dampened positive signals from increased risk appetite worldwide, causing the Indian rupee to move in a narrow band on Monday. The rupee was almost steady from its finish of 88.66 in the previous session, closing at 88.6750 against the…

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India’s foreign exchange reserves dropped $5.6 billion to $689.7 billion during the week ending October 31.

The Reserve Bank of India announced on Friday that for the week ending October 31, India’s foreign exchange reserves fell $5.623 billion to $689.733 billion. To $695.355 billion, the total reserves had decreased by $6.925 billion. Foreign currency assets, a significant portion of reserves, fell by $1.957 billion to $564.591 billion for the week ending…

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After the RBI’s $5 billion market intervention, the rupee sharply rebounded from its position close to all-time lows.

Traders indicated that the RBI is believed to have sold between $3 billion and $5 billion in both spot and non-deliverable forward markets on Wednesday to support the rupee, marking its most extensive intervention in several months. Estimates were provided by seven traders from various private, public, and foreign banks, with two of them citing…

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