Rupee falls below 50 a dollar as gold prices zoom news

February 18, 2009 by Prakash Dhawan · Leave a Comment
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The rupee fell to a two-month low during 50.01/02 down 33 paise from a prior tighten of 49.67/68 to a dollar as blurb banks paid for dollar to arbitrage in offshore non-deliverable forwards. The US banking additionally gained from taking flight bullion prices, that pushed made during home prices of a yellow steel upon top of Rs15,500 per 10 gm in a early traffic upon a bullion market.

Gold surged to a brand new rise during Rs15,650 per 10 gm in opening traffic in a inhabitant collateral upon sprightly buying. Triggered by safe-haven shopping amidst a tellurian mercantile downturn, bullion prices in a abroad marketplace additionally rose to their top turn in 7 months, nearby $970 an ounce.

The rupee came off intraday lows in afternoon traffic after a little state-run banks sole dollars to forestall a Indian section from dropping next 50-per-dollar mark. A liberation in a internal batch marketplace additionally helped.

State-run banks were seen offered dollars around Rs49.85 per dollar, presumably upon interest of a Reserve Bank of India, to strengthen a made during home section from descending further.

Share prices pared waste to 0.3 per cent after descending as most as 1.2 per cent earlier.

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