A breathtaking rally in domestic equities too weighed on the forex trading front
After a sluggish start to 2018, the US dollar staged a rebound against other major currencies in quiet trade
The benchmark Sensex zoomed over 301 points to close at 33,250.30 while the Nifty jumped 99 points to 10,265.65
The rupee opened on a strong note and soared 35 paise to 69.79 a dollar against the previous close of 70.14
The preference of hedging instrument and tenure is also slowly changing, say currency dealers
The rupee closed at 70.73 a dollar, the sharpest fall in percentage terms since September 2013 when the taper tantrum sent EM currencies in a tizzy
On Tuesday the rupee had shed 3 paise at 64.40 against the US currency in a quiet session
The domestic unit on Friday ended at 71.66, up 15 paise.
The domestic unit on Tuesday tumbled 99 paise to settle at 72.39. That marked its worst single-day fall since August 5 and the lowest closing level since November 13, 2018.
The domestic unit on Wednesday recovered from initial losses to settle higher by 5 paise at 71.66, extending gains for a fifth straight session.
The domestic unit on Thursday climbed 52 paise to end at 71.14 as signs of easing trade tensions between the US and China buoyed global markets.
The domestic unit declined 31 paise to close at 70.87 on Monday amid rising demand for the greenback vis-a-vis other currencies overseas.
The domestic unit on Friday closed almost flat at 70.88 against after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a widely expected move cut key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point.
For the full year, the rupee could average 64.3 in 2017 -18 and 65.4 in 2018-19: UBS
The Indian rupee closed at 68.63 a dollar, about 0.29 per cent away from its record low closing of 68.83 a dollar reached on 28 August 2013
The rupee hit 74 on the dollar on Wednesday after TV channels reported RBI Governor Urjit Patel may resign due to the spat with the govt
The country's foreign-exchange reserves plunged $5.14 bn in the week ended October 12, the biggest drop in seven years
The rupee is highly correlated with oil prices, which are definitely moving higher, and that's going to make the current-account situation more difficult
The rupee on Monday slumped to a record low of 72.67 a dollar in intra-day trade before closing at 72.45, showing a steep 72 paise fall on growing fears of contagion from an emerging-market rout
The RBI and India's government, at present, are calm, which is a strong posture that must withstand the daily news, media pressure, lobbying and political taunting