The Indian currency has lost 10.5% of its value this year so far against the backdrop of India's ballooning fiscal deficit
Since the beginning of this year, it has declined by only 9.8%
The 9.3% fall in the rupee this year has already led to a surge in local prices of goods with an imported component
From the end of March 2018 to August 3, India's foreign exchange reserves were down by $21.84 billion to $402.70 billion
A weaker currency complicates the central bank's job of keeping prices in check as it makes imports costlier
The present problem is ostensibly caused by the Turkey-US diplomatic imbroglio. Such issues can snowball into something more serious; so it will be difficult to guess when the issue will get resolved
The fall in the broader market was sharper, with two stocks declining for every one advancing on the BSE
Many large companies and public sector banks and financial institutions are tapping the international markets to take advantage of the cheaper funds
Lack of FII inflows and growing oil prices are also affecting the rupee
During the reporting month, the central bank bought $4.020 billion of the US dollar, while sold $10.204 billion in the spot market
The Indian rupee has lost more than 6.5 per cent and has hit its lifetime low of 69.10 a dollar in June-end
The rupee drew strength from rallying domestic equities, a dealer said
At present, the central bank's total gold holding is 561.9 tonnes
The RBI raised repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent amid inflationary concerns
Policy meetings of the US Federal Reserve (today) and Bank of England (tomorrow), are also keeping investors cautious
The overall forex reserves had decreased by $734.5 million to $405.075 billion in the previous reporting week
Yesterday, the rupee had gained 13 paise to close at a fresh one-week high of 68.66 against the US dollar
On Tuesday, the rupee dropped by 8 paise to close at 68.94 against the US currency
On Friday, rupee staged an impressive rebound from lifetime low levels, surging 21 paise to end at 68.84 against the dollar on suspected intervention by RBI to check volatility in currency markets
Rupee has been among the worst-performing currencies against the dollar compared with its peers so far this year and breached the 69-mark against the US dollar amid multiple headwinds