After a weakening U.S. dollar in the foreign exchange market, the rupee strengthened by 5 paise to end the day Monday at 81.97 (provisional). The local unit gained 5 paise from its previous finish to close at the interbank foreign exchange market, closing at 81.97 (provisional) versus the dollar after having opened at 81.90 against…
The RBI’s decision to maintain the crucial benchmark policy rate at 6.5 percent on Thursday caused the rupee to pare early losses and close 2 paise weaker at 81.92 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar. Forex traders claimed that after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stunned the market by halting the rate hike, the Indian…
Over the previous week, the rupee (INR) had no change. On Monday, it was valued at 82.3313 USD per unit. Good foreign inflows haven’t changed that. The net inflows during the previous week totaled more than $400 million, according to figures from the NSDL (National Securities Depository Ltd). This was aided by strong inflows into…
On Monday, the rupee lost 10 paise to settle at 82.31 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar as investor mood was dampened by the robust foreign exchange performance of the U.S. dollar and high crude oil prices. The rupee depreciated by 10 paise from its prior close of 82.21 to 82.31 (provisional) on the interbank foreign…
Sunil Barthwal, India’s secretary of commerce, stated on Friday that his country is willing to conduct business in dollars with nations who are having problems with their currencies or are short of dollars. The secretary also stated that the government is concentrating on improving the rupee payment system after the announcement of the Foreign Trade…
Tuesday, as the US dollar fell in the foreign exchange market, the rupee strengthened 15 paise to end the day at 82.16 (provisional). Global oil benchmark Brent crude futures decreased 0.42 percent to USD 77.79 per barrel. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit started out at 82.20 against the dollar and ultimately…
Rupee remained unchanged on Tuesday and ended the day at 82.6662 versus the dollar. The Indian rupee has essentially been flat over the previous week, as we predicted. This happened in spite of solid foreign investment and falling crude oil prices. The net inflows of foreign portfolio investors were close to $600 million in the previous…
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data supplement revealed on Friday that foreign exchange reserves dropped $2.4 billion to $560 billion for the week ending March 10, its lowest level since early December. After dropping steadily during the whole month of February, the foreign exchange reserves increased $1.45 billion to $562.4 billion last week. According…
The Indian rupee fell against the dollar on Thursday as worries over a European lender dampened overall risk sentiment, but it still managed to hold onto the higher side of a previous resistance level of 82.80. Compared to its previous closing of 82.59, the rupee closed the day at 82.73 to the dollar. Traders reported…
The Indian rupee recorded the second weekly gain and best performance after the Chinese yuan due to foreign fund inflows, an increase in risk appetite as a result of foreign investors buying Adani group stock. Spot rupee increased by over one percentage point to close just above 82. The S&P 500 saw its first weekly…
