the Indian rupee recovered below 67 per dollar after falling to as low as 67.43 against the greenback in early trades.
As reported by ndtv, the Indian rupee recovered below 67 per dollar after falling to as low as 67.43 against the greenback in early trades. The partially convertible rupee traded at 66.65 as of 10.33 a.m. as against Thursday’s close of 66.55.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stepped up dollar sales to prevent the currency from falling towards recent record lows, three traders told Reuters on Friday. The RBI likely sold dollars via state-run banks starting at around 67.20 rupee levels. Two traders said the central bank was also intervening in the forwards market.
Friday’s intervention comes a day after the rupee jumped 3.3 per cent, its biggest one-day gain since mid-January 1998.
Stock markets also traded higher after a weak start. The BSE Sensex traded 160 points higher, while the Nifty hit 5,450 levels today.
The market will keenly watch Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s likely statement on the economy later today. On Thursday, he said “I cannot deny that the country is faced with a difficult situation… There are some domestic factors. There are also some international factors arising out of change in U.S. monetary stance,” he said, noting that rising tensions in Syria could drive up oil prices.
