• Rupee value increases to 6 paise to close at 79.86 against US Dollar

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    Rupee value increases to 6 paise to close at 79.86 against US Dollar

    With the US dollar, it ultimately closed at 79.86, up 6 paise from its previous closing of 79.92. color:#111111;letter-spacing:-.75pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">

    color:#111111;letter-spacing:-.75pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Digital Desk: On Friday, the rupee
    strengthened versus the US dollar by 6 paise to settle at 79.86 (provisional),
    helped by foreign fund inflows and a bullish trend in local markets.

    color:black">Forex dealers claimed that the rupee's advance was nevertheless
    limited by increased crude prices on global markets.

    color:black">The local currency's opening price on the interbank forex market
    was 79.87 against the US dollar. During the session, it experienced a high of
    79.81 and a low of 79.94 against the US dollar.

    color:black">With the US dollar, it ultimately closed at 79.86, up 6 paise from
    its previous closing of 79.92.

    The dollar index, which
    gauges the strength of the dollar relative to a basket of six different
    currencies, fell 0.13 percent to 108.33.


    color:black">The benchmark for world oil, Brent crude futures, increased 1.42
    percent to USD 100.75 a barrel.

    color:black">Following favourable domestic equity markets and FII inflows, the
    currency strengthened. Anuj Choudhary, a research analyst at Sharekhan by BNP
    Paribas, claimed that the strong US Dollar and increased crude oil prices
    restrained any significant gains.

    "Because of the
    strong dollar and rising crude oil prices, we anticipate that the rupee would
    trade negatively. The rupee may be affected by importers' month-end Dollar
    demand. However, the rupee may be supported at lower levels by strong global
    stocks and FII inflows " he added. 


    color:black">NRI remittances may also help the rupee. The USD/INR spot market
    is anticipated to trade in a band of Rs 79.20 to Rs 80.50 in the upcoming
    sessions, according to Choudhary, who also suggested that traders may continue
    to be cautious ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole
    Symposium.

    color:black">The BSE Sensex closed 59.15 points or 0.10 percent higher at
    58,833.87 points on the local equities market, while the larger NSE Nifty
    advanced 36.45 points or 0.21 percent to 17,558.90.

    According to preliminary
    data, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continued to be net buyers in the
    capital markets on Thursday, buying shares worth Rs 369.06 crore.