Nomura expects the rupee to bounce back to 72 per dollar by end-March, a level last seen in February
The rupee depreciated 9 paise to 74.45 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday, tracking muted domestic equities. The local unit opened at 74.44 against the greenback at the interbank forex market, then lost further ground and touched 74.45, down 9 paise over its last close. On Wednesday, the rupee declined by 18 paise to close at 74.36 against the US dollar. "The euphoria around a Joe Biden victory (in the US presidential election) and a vaccine becoming available by the year-end seems to be slowly settling down, said Abhishek Goenka, Founder and CEO, IFA Global. The overall risk sentiment, however, continues to remain positive, he said, adding that the dollar though has made a comeback against majors and commodity currencies. The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.02 per cent to 93.02. On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex was trading 202.76 points lower at 43,390.91, and the
Higher crude oil prices also put pressure on the Indian currency
The rupee depreciated 33 paise to 74.74 against the US dollar in opening trade, tracking strong American currency ahead of the US Presidential election results
A weak opening in domestic equities amid global risk aversion weighs on the Rupee
Experts say EM market equities, currencies may remain weak unless there is positive news
The nervousness in the bond markets on account of higher inflation, larger supply of bonds in H2 and absence of RBI OMOs so far is evident
At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 75.71, registering a rise of 20 paise over its previous close
Domestic stocks advanced in early trade which supported the rupee. The key indices Sensex and Nifty, however, closed marginally down due to sell-off in financial counters
The rupee did not react much to the measures announced since this was more towards a short-term liquidity measure which the markets had expected from the RBI.
The developments comes as rupee recovered from record low levels to settle 6 paise higher at 76.28 against the US dollar
After giving up over 7% since the start of the year, the rupee fell to a record low of 76.42 to the dollar on Wednesday
The rupee closed at 76.20 a dollar, down from its previous close of 75.20 a dollar
Meanwhile, all central banks including RBI are trying to reduce the risk and address the liquidity crunch. However, the increasing number of coronavirus cases in India will keep the rupee on an edge.
The new coronavirus outbreak can now be described as a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization announced Wednesday.
Index movement and the weighting are calculated on free-float market capitalisation of individual index stocks. Free float is the portion of the shares owned by non-promoters
Analysts expect the renewed geopolitical worries to remain for a couple of days, lending support to the crude oil price and taking a toll on emerging market currencies, including the rupee
Silver prices also gained by Rs 21 to Rs 47,781 per kg, compared to Rs 47,760 per kg in the previous trade
The rupee had closed the 2018 year at 69.77 to the US dollar
The domestic unit on Tuesday settled 13 paise higher at 71.71