Forex News

The Indian rupee rose today as the exporters had to convert their overseas earnings after the India’s currency has been losing significantly to the U.S. dollar in May.

Fortis Bank analysts expect Indian currency to rise 9 percent by the end of this year as the Reserve Bank of India will have to increase interest rates to fight the accelerating inflation growth.

The Asian currencies fell this week as the oil prices surged and the rising inflation concerns forced foreign investors to cut the inflow of liquidity into this region.

The Indian rupee is going to grow in the coming months as the central bank will probably rise the interest rate and will allow currency’s appreciation according to Bank of America strategist.

The Indian rupee declined today to its monthly minimum level on the Forex market as the domestic companies had to purchase more U.S. dollars to pay for the imports, including oil.

The Indian rupee rose significantly today on Forex as the markets were restoring from the recent sharp fall and the economies of the developing countries started to receive more capital inflows.

Indian rupee continued to advance in value during today’s Forex trading session as the investors bought local currency to participate in the Indian stock market’s rally.

The majority of Forex traders expected that the Reserve Bank of India will lower the main interest rates today to pare with recent emergency cut by the Fed and the anticipated additional interest cut at tomorrow Fed’s meeting. But Yaga Venugopal Reddy, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, decided to leave the key interest rates at the same level.

Palaniappan Chidambaram, the Finance Minister of India, said yesterday that the latest emergency rate cut by the Fed will probably influence the next interest rate decision by the Reserve Bank of India.

The Indian rupee rose today again, making a fourth bullish day in a row after the national stock index rally attracted the investments of the global funds to into the Indian emerging economy.