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RBI sets Rupee reference rate at 67.1720 against US dollar

By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 20, Jul 2016, 15:29 pm IST | UPDATED: 20, Jul 2016, 19:05 pm IST

RBI sets Rupee reference rate at 67.1720 against US dollar Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India today fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 67.1720 against the US dollar and 73.9900 for the euro.

These rates were at 67.1462 and 74.3443 respectively, yesterday.

According to an RBI statement, the exchange rates for the pound and the yen against the rupee were quoted at 88.0423 and 63.23 per 100 yens, respectively, based on reference rates for the dollar and cross-currency quotes at noon.

The SDR-rupee figure will be based on this rate, the statement added.

Meanwhile, market advanced for a second day as the BSE Sensex gained 128.27 points to 27,915.89, mainly led by pharmaceutical stocks after three Indian firms received nod to sell their generic versions of blockbuster Crestor drug in the American market.

Sentiment also remained buoyant as a good monsoon season so far lifted hopes of a revival in farm output as well as income and on optimism over the GST bill's passage.


Shares of Sun Pharma, Glenmark and Aurobindo were the star performers, rising by 1.89 per cent, 2.39 per cent and 5.09 per cent, respectively. IPR Pharmaceuticals Inc's Crestor had posted annual sales of around USD 6.78 billion in the 12 months ended May 2016.

IT firm Wipro, however, fell 1.97 per cent to Rs 538.60 after the company missed street expectations with over 6 per cent fall in net profit for the first quarter ended June.

The market witnessed a shade of consolidation inspite of nervousness on overnight projection of IMF stating slight drop in India growth projections, as well as global economic uncertainty on Brexit fallout.

"Expectant of better earnings and GST bill's clearance, value buying continued at lower levels, and markets seems to have shrugged off IMF's downward growth revision," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services.

On the day, the Sensex opened slightly lower at 27,775.70 and moved between 27,935.18 and 27,759.71, before ending at 27,915.89, showing a rise of 128.27 points or 0.46 per cent.

The NSE Nifty moved up by 37.30 points or 0.44 per cent to close at 8,565.85.

"The market expects to maintain status quo in tomorrow's ECBs interest rate decision and will keenly watch any cues on further stimulus plan," Nair said.

Meanwhile, Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) purchased shares worth Rs 548.90 crore yesterday, as per provisional data.

Overseas, Asian shares ended mixed, while European stock opened higher as investors struck cautiously optimistic tone ahead of European Central Banks (ECB) meeting tomorrow.

Asian stocks ended on a mixed note. Singapore, Japan, Kopsi and Taiwan were down 0.29 per cent, 0.25 per cent, 0.07 per cent and 0.30 per cent, respectively, while, Hong Kong and China gained 0.97 per cent and 0.90 per cent.

European stocks were higher with France, Germany and the UK based indices up 1.11 per cent, 1.40 per cent and 0.27 per cent, respectively.
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