Commercial banks were ordered Thursday to increase the amount of their foreign currency deposits
Investors were also awaiting U.S. inflation data on Friday that could set the tone for the Federal Reserve's strategy on interest rate hikes.
Unabated foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiments, traders said
LONDON (Reuters) -Monetary policy support in China and hopes that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 would be less severe than previously expected boosted currency market risk appetite on Tuesday, with the Australian dollar rebounding and the euro heading back towards 2021 lows.
The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading higher by 0.05 per cent at 96.37
Monthly inflation was 3.51 per cent, compared with the median estimate of 3 per cent in a separate survey
The strength comes even after the People's Bank of China set the midpoint rate at 6.3738 per dollar prior to market open.
The dollar barely budged against most rival currencies on a further risk-off day for markets broadly, with jittery equity markets in Europe opening lower
While it hasn't been officially confirmed yet if RBI is intervening in currency market in tandem with the yuan, the market itself has been adjusting based on how China treats its currency
A weak American currency in the overseas market also helped the local unit, forex dealers said
The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.06 per cent to 93.94
The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.10 per cent to 93.89
The rupee ended 9 paise lower at 75.35 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, tracking stronger greenback against key rivals overseas and rising global crude oil prices. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened on a steady note and later traded in a narrow range of 75.24 to 75.38 against the American currency. On Thursday, the rupee had settled at 75.26 against the US dollar. The forex market was closed on Friday for Dussehra' holiday. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was up 0.19 per cent at 94.12. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 1.11 per cent to USD 85.80 per barrel. On the domestic equity market front, the BSE Sensex surged 459.59 points or 0.75 per cent to end at 61,765.59; while the broader NSE Nifty jumped 138.50 points or 0.76 per cent to settle at 18,477.05. Foreign institutional investors remained net buyers in the capital market on Thursday, as they purchased sha
Global stock markets have rallied this week as fears about a stagflationary economy have been eased by forecast-beating corporate earnings in the United States.
The moves follow recent efforts at curtailing financial risks that include dampening commodity price rises, banning cryptocurrency transactions and restricting property speculation
This comes amid a lacklustre trend in domestic equities and strengthening of the American currency in the overseas market
The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, rose by 0.11 per cent
In the previous session on Thursday, the rupee had closed at 73.64 against the US dollar.
Some of the excitement fizzled, however, after traders realised it was still not known whether the developer would be able to pay the coupon on its offshore dollar bonds, due on Thursday.
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in the capital market on Tuesday as they purchased shares worth Rs 1,041.92 crore, as per exchange data.