The rupee’s ongoing depreciation is mainly due to a strengthening dollar and selling by foreign investors. As the currency continued to decline, it reached a fresh closing low of 84.40 against the US dollar. The rupee settled at 84.40 after ranging from a high of 84.38 to a low of 84.41 during the day. According…
As the greenback remained strong, the rupee declined and ended Monday at a new record low. The pressure on the rupee is expected to persist until the markets gain clarification on the policies that the Trump administration will implement, as the dollar index remains close to its four-month high of 105.05 and US Treasury yields…
As the U.S. dollar surged due to the early results of the presidential election, the Indian rupee fell to its lowest level ever on Wednesday, forcing the central bank to step in. The rupee dropped almost 0.1% from Tuesday’s closing to 84.1950 versus the US dollar. However, other Asian currencies did far worse, falling 1%…
Gold prices fell slightly in Asian trade on Tuesday, but remained close to record highs amid growing confidence that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by a wide margin this week. Spot gold fell 0.2% to $2,578.03 an ounce, while gold futures expiring in December fell 0.1% to $2,605.05 an ounce. The dollar fell…
A weak dollar index, falling crude oil prices, and robust foreign portfolio investment (FPI) inflows have not deterred the Indian rupee from trading close to its all-time low. As of September 10, it closed at 83.98, having moved in a narrow range between 83.92 and 83.99 thus far this month. The rupee has remained rangebound…
After ending at 83.91 on August 26 instead of 83.95 roughly a week earlier, the Indian rupee has somewhat appreciated over the previous trading days. Though importers’ dollar demand and foreign portfolio withdrawals from Indian equities (totaling USD 1.5 billion as of August 26) have restricted the rupee’s gains, the currency is seeing some support…
During the week ending August 16, the Indian rupee saw little change, finishing at 83.95 with little variation. There was modest support for the rupee due to the US recession fears abating, carry trade unwinding slowing down, and oil prices easing. Pressure was applied, though, in part because of a larger trade imbalance in July…
August saw a minor decline in the value of the Indian rupee of 0.3% versus the US dollar, with August 12 marking a new record low of 83.98. In comparison, during the same period, the majority of other Asian currencies have appreciated in value relative to the US dollar. Notably, thus far this month, the…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reported that for the week ending May 17, forex reserves increased by $4.5 billion to an all-time high of $648.7 billion. The week ending May 17 saw an increase in the rupee of 17 paise, or 0.20%. The entire Forex kitty has increased for the past three weeks running….
The simmering geopolitical concerns in West Asia and the hardening of US Treasury yields caused the rupee to fall to an all-time closing low of 83.54 against the dollar on Tuesday. During intraday trading, the local currency fell to a record low of 83.56, but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) probably intervened to stop…
