Rupee, Gilts witness a free fall

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Our Banking Bureau Mumbai
Last Updated : Feb 06 2013 | 7:38 PM IST
 
Outlook
The rupee is expected to open between and 45.90 and 45.95 against the greenback on Tuesday.
 
Sentiment: Bearish
  • The rupee opened at 45.65/67 per dollar and ended sharply lower at 45.9350/9550. It touched an intraday low of 45.96.
  • Premiums on forward dollars inched marginally higher. Annualised premiums on six-month and one-year dollars closed at 0.75 per cent and 0.65 per cent respectively.
 
Money market
 
Sentiment: Bearish
  • Government security prices tanked across the board with the RBI governor explicitly stating a possible impact of the global rate tightening on domestic interest rates.
  • Prices of long-term securities slid by more than a rupee, while those of medium-term papers fell by 80-90 paise.
  • The yield on the ten-year benchmark paper, 7.37 per cent 2014, closed at 5.60 per cent, up from 5.48 per cent on Friday.
  • Call money rates hovered between 3.00 per cent and 4.25 per cent. Repo subscriptions stood at Rs 57,245 crore.
 
 

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