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Re ends higher at 45.65/$

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Our Banking Bureau Mumbai
Last Updated : Feb 14 2013 | 7:09 PM IST
 
Outlook:
The spot rupee is expected to open in a wide range of 45.65-70 to a dollar.
 
Sentiment: Bullish
 
  • The spot rupee opened at 45.71/73 to a dollar but appreciated during the day to close at 45.64/65 to a dollar backed by foreign exchange inflows and dollar sales by corporates.

  • The annualised premium for six-month and one-year forward dollars closed at 1.36 per cent and 1.37 per cent respectively.
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    Money market
     
    Sentiment: Cautious
  • The apprehension on the auction announcement weighed heavily on market sentiment.

  • Prices of government securities remained flat in the short term as the market is anticipating a liquidity crunch in this segment in the following weeks leading to Diwali.

  • Prices in the long term papers, however, moved up by 30-40 paise .

  • The yield on the 10-year benchmark paper closed around 7.59 per cent.

  • Even as the RBI absorbed around Rs 29,000 crore from the market through reverse repo, interbank call rates ruled around 6.40-50 per cent.
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