Rupee Resilience
The Indian rupee’s stability, despite external pressures from weak Asian currencies and rising US bond yields, highlights a nuanced approach by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in managing the currency.
The Indian rupee’s stability, despite external pressures from weak Asian currencies and rising US bond yields, highlights a nuanced approach by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in managing the currency.
The Indian rupee’s recent behaviour, hovering just shy of 84 a dollar, has been a focal point of discussion in financial circles. On Tuesday, the currency closed at 83.97, marginally above its previous alltime low of 83.9725, thanks to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) timely intervention.
BSESENSEX lost 1,449.08 points or 1.92 per cent to close at 73,961.31 points, while NIFTY lost 426.40 points or 1.86 per cent to close at 22,530.70 points.
There was a time when devaluation of a country’s currency was a national tragedy; devaluation of the Indian rupee in 1949, 1966 and 1991 caused widespread consternation, but with the adoption of floating exchange rates the rupee is devalued almost daily, with few people, if any, even noting the falling value of the rupee.
Markets were on a smooth course during the last week until a tsunami hit them on Wednesday. Even two trading sessions later what happened on that day remains a mystery.
The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.06 per cent, up at 92.18.
From a technical perspective, the rupee is holding below its resistance level of Rs 72.50 to a dollar as well as trend resistance.
The value of the country's gold reserves decreased, declining by $580 million to $37.440 billion.
At the interbank forex market, it witnessed an intra-day high of 74.68 during the session and a low of 74.90 against the US dollar.
Forex traders said positive domestic equities, foreign fund inflows and hopes of a COVID-19 vaccine supported the rupee.
