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Amid the ongoing India-US trade deal negotiations, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that they are going to "bring down the tariffs" imposed on New Delhi.
Market participants said such operations reflect the RBI’s intent to smooth volatility rather than defend any specific level of the currency, ensuring stability amid periods of excess speculative pressure.
The rupee is expected to move in the 88.40-88.90 range, depending on how the RBI takes the currency forward, experts say
On November 4, the RBI intervened in the NDF market to defend rupee from touching record low
The local currency has remained towards 88.70 in the last few weeks amid pressure from the Asian currencies.
Asian currencies were mostly higher on Friday, with the offshore Chinese yuan at 7.11 to the U.S. dollar
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra’s period has coincided with a challenging global environment marked by a persistently strong dollar, geopolitical tensions, and a widening interest rate differential between India and the US.
Currency experts said traders will monitor the US Federal Reserve’s commentary following a widely anticipated rate cut and the magnitude of overseas fund flows.
Reports have claimed that US could slash the tariff on Indian goods to 15 percent, as New Delhi 'moderates its oil purchases from Russia'
The selling of dollars by the RBI's last week helped the rupee post its best weekly performance in nearly four months
Trump's claim of India committing to stop buying Russian oil, easing dollar index and strong Asian currencies give support to the rupee
The dollar index, which measures the greenback's against a basket of six major currencies, fell to 98.883 in the morning from the previous close of 99.047
Trade tension between the US and China resurfaced after United States President Donald Trump threatened '100 percent tariff' on all Chinese goods beginning November 1
The local currency opened at 88.74 against the US dollar, as compared to 88.7825 against the greenback at the previous close.
A day earlier, the rupee sank to a record low of 88.8850 against the US dollar amid persistent selling by foreign investors
The domestic currency hit record low of 88.8850 against the US dollar, and then ended at 88.7888 against the greenback, as compared to 88.7612 at previous close.
Moneycontrol's poll of economist, treasury heads, and fund managers showed that the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee (MPC) is likely to maintain the status quo on interest rates in its October review.
The rupee mirrored the broader trend as Asian currencies marched higher and equities rose following US inflation data
India’s foreign exchange reserves were down $10.87 billion at $688.871 billion on August 1. On July 4, they stood at $699.736
Asian currencies are also trading down with Taiwanese Dollar down by 0.42 percent, Thai Baht down by 0.26 percent, Malaysian Ringgit down by 0.21 percent, and South Korean Won by 0.12 percent, according to the Bloomberg data.
The central bank in the Bulletin said that it purchased zero dollars and sold $2.54 billion during the period.
A day earlier, the rupee ended at a record low against the dollar amid growing worries over remittances and IT sector growth after the H-1 B visa fee hike
The hike in fresh H-1B visa fee from next year has sparked worries over lower remittances, and potential equity outflows from India’s IT sector, which could be a double hit that the rupee could ill afford, at a time when foreign inflows have already been weak.
Asian currencies were trading down today with South Korean Won down by 0.22 percent, Thai Baht by 0.16 percent, Indonesia Rupiah by 0.08 percent, Singapore dollar, Japanese Yen and Hong Kong Dollar by 0.05 percent each, according to the Bloomberg data.