Rupee closes at four-month low

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Last Updated : Feb 06 2013 | 7:21 PM IST
 
Sentiment: Bearish
 
  • The rupee close at a four-month low of 45.62/63 per dollar on dollar buying by foreign banks and heavy sales by foreign institutional investors.
  • Discounts on forward dollars widened. Annualised discount on six-month and one-year dollars closed at 1.17 per cent and 0.56 per cent, respectively.
 
Money market
 
Sentiment: Bearish
 
  • Prices of government securities plunged by Re 1 in the long end and 40 paise in the medium end.
  • The ten-year benchmark gilt, 7.37 per cent 2014, closed at 5.25 per cent from 5.1850 per cent on Thursday.
 
 

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