Dollar vs Rupee: The Indian currency is continuously weakening amid ongoing uncertainty in global trade and heavy selling pressure. As soon as the market opened on Tuesday morning, the second trading day of the week, the rupee fell by 8 paise to reach 88.67 against the US dollar. Experts say that despite the weak American currency, fall in crude oil prices and inflow of some foreign capital, the rupee could not gain strength.
Why is the rupee falling?
Experts believe that there is concern among investors about the increasing import bill and the increasing trade deficit of the country. Along with this, the market’s eyes are fixed on the proposed trade deal between India and America and the PMI data coming at the end of the week. A day earlier on Monday, the rupee had closed at 88.59 against the US dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which shows the position of the US dollar against six major currencies, declined by 0.05 percent to 99.43.
According to Anuj Chaudhary, research analyst at Mirae Asset Sharekhan, the fall in crude oil prices has given some relief to the rupee, but the widening trade deficit is preventing a sharp recovery. He said that due to dollar demand from importers, need for hedging, withdrawal of foreign institutional investors and pressure of trade deficit, further slight decline in rupee may be seen.
stock market crash
Weakness was also seen in the domestic stock markets. BSE Sensex slipped 151.86 points or 0.18 percent to 84,799.09 in early trade. Similarly, NSE Nifty-50 also fell by 44.50 points or 0.17 percent to the level of 25,967.30.
International standard Brent crude declined by 0.47 percent to $ 63.90 per barrel. According to stock market data, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained buyers on Monday and bought shares worth a net Rs 442.17 crore.
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