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India’s central bank intervenes again to support rupee, traders say

[MUMBAI] The Indian central bank was seen back in the foreign exchange market on Thursday, selling dollars through state-run banks to reinforce support for the rupee, traders said.

The RBI’s latest measures will add to liquidity injections worth about US$16 billion since early December.

India’s RBI to inject 2 trillion rupees via fresh bond buys, US$10 billion in FX swap

This is to offset the cash drain from its US dollar sales in the currency market to support a weakening rupee

The rupee slipped to an all-time low of 90.82, eclipsing its previous record low of 90.7875 hit on Monday.

Rupee hits record low, pressured by persistent outflows and NDF maturities

[MUMBAI] The Indian rupee slipped to an all-time low for the fourth consecutive session on Tuesday, pressured by dollar bids spurred by the likely maturity of positions in the non-deliverable forwards...

The central bank has allowed the rupee to fall 1.3 per cent in the last seven trading sessions to a record low of 90.42 per dollar.

India central bank to tolerate weaker rupee as inflows dry up

[MUMBAI] India’s central bank will tolerate a weaker rupee as the country’s external sector confronts multiple headwinds including a wider trade gap and stalling of dollar inflows into the world’s fif...

Rupee’s weakness has been driven by higher US tariffs on Indian exports and an exodus of foreign investors from the local stock market.

How India’s rupee ended up as Asia’s worst currency this year

To stabilise the rupee, India’s central bank has sold over US$30b in FX assets since late July

The rupee has declined 4.5 per cent over the year so far and is among the worst-performing Asian currencies this year.

Indian central bank likely intervenes to prop up rupee before local market open, traders say

[MUMBAI] The Reserve Bank of Indian likely intervened to support the rupee before the local spot market opened on Monday, four traders told Reuters, putting the currency on track to open above its all...

The rupee touched 89.48, sliding past its previous all-time low of 88.80 hit in late September and again earlier in November.

Indian rupee slides to record low, central bank likely intervenes near 89.50/USD

[MUMBAI] The Indian rupee weakened to a lifetime low against the greenback on Friday (Nov 21), pressured by shrinking risk appetite amid fading expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut and uncertain...

The rupee is down about 3.6 per cent this year, against a gain of more than 3 per cent in most other emerging Asian peers.

India’s RBI is back defending rupee as October gains fizzle

The Indian rupee is inching closer to a new low again, with the central bank’s recent interventions providing only a limited respite for Asia’s worst-performing currency this year. 

The Reserve Bank of India, with nearly US$700 billion in foreign-exchange reserves, has ample firepower to intervene aggressively to stamp out what it believes are speculative bets on the rupee’s decline.

Why India’s weak rupee has suddenly spiked in value

If US-India trade ties improve, pressure on the currency could ease; otherwise, the Reserve Bank of India may be forced to intervene