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Rupee Appreciates To 72-Level Against Dollar: 10 Things To Know
14 Nov 2018, 04:04 PM IST 
INR Vs USD: Rupee had gained 22 paise to close at 72.67 against the US dollar Tuesday.
- The rupee opened at 72.18 against the US dollar and appreciated further to quote 67 paise higher at 72 against the US dollar.
- The rupee had gained 22 paise to close at 72.67 against the US dollar Tuesday.
- Rupee sentiment was bolstered as oil markets struggled to find their footing after plunging 7 per cent in the previous session, with surging supply and the spectre of faltering demand keeping investors on the edge.
- Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, dropped almost 7 per cent to a one-year low of $65 a barrel after US President Donald Trump urged Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Saudi Arabia to maintain their current policy of gradually increasing output, which helps to cap oil prices. India imports more than 80 per cent of its crude oil requirements.
- Rupee also got support from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s announcement, on Tuesday, of liquidity injection. The RBI said that it would inject Rs 12,000 crore into the market by purchasing government securities on November 15, 2018.
- The surge in the rupee was also supported by dollar-selling by exporters and banks and the US unit's weakness against some currencies overseas, traders were quoted as saying in the PTI report.
- The rise in rupee, however, hit the IT stocks hard. At 10:11 am, the Nifty IT index - the barometer of tech stocks - traded 2.95 per cent lower as all of its 10 stocks tanked in trade.
- The rupee has stabilised now after a slide of more than 14 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, which has made it the worst performing Asian currency in 2018, reported Reuters.
- Meanwhile, in the bond markets, the 10-year benchmark bond yield fell to as much as 7.70 per cent, its lowest since August 2, reported Reuters. The paper had ended at 7.76 per cent on Tuesday.
- On Monday, government data showed that retail inflation dropped to a 13-month low of 3.31 per cent in October. This was the third month in a row that inflation stayed below RBI's medium-term target of 4 per cent. This has paved the way for RBI to allow easy lending policies. (With agencies inputs)