The rupee slumped 57 paise to close at 76.92 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, weighed down by a strong American currency overseas and firm crude oil prices.
MarketPress Trust of IndiaUpdated:
May 06, 2022 3:54 pm IST
Mumbai:
The rupee slumped 57 paise to close
at 76.92 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, weighed down by a
strong American currency overseas and firm crude oil prices.
At the interbank
foreign exchange market, the rupee opened lower at 76.61 against the greenback,
and finally settled for the day at 76.92, down 57 paise over its previous
close.
During the trading session, the rupee
witnessed an intra-day high of 76.56 and a low of 76.96.
On Thursday, the rupee had closed at
76.35.
The dollar index, which gauges the
greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.30 per
cent lower at 103.44.
Global oil benchmark Brent crude
futures advanced 2.31 per cent to $113.46 per barrel.
The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 866.65
points or 1.56 per cent lower at 54,835.58, while the broader NSE Nifty fell
271.40 points or 1.63 per cent to 16,411.25.
"Rupee had a sweltering time
today as it plunged around a percentage point following risk-off moods and
surge in crude oil prices," said Dilip Parmar, Research Analyst, HDFC
Securities.
The dollar index touched a two-decade
high of 104.06 and headed for the sixth consecutive weekly decline as market
participants, pricing-in hawkish Federal Reserves, dumped equities and rushed
for US Treasuries, Parmar added.
Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in
the capital market on Thursday, as they offloaded shares
worth ₹ 2,074.74 crore, as per stock exchange data.
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