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Outlook: The spot rupee is expected to open in the range of 43.75/78 to a dollar on Tuesday. |
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Sentiment: Bullish |
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- The spot rupee opened at 43.80-43.81 on Monday but gained to close at 43.7750/78 to a dollar on the back of inflows after a long weekend.
- Forward dollar premiums remained flat with the six-month and one-year dollars closing at 1.46 per cent and 1.63 per cent, respectively.
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Money market |
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Sentiment: Bearish |
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- The statements of the expenditure secretary allaying fears of a rise in interest rates and inflation soothed the market sentiment on Monday.
- While there was not much change in the prices of long-term papers, short-and- medium-term gilts witnessed a 15-30 paise rise.
- The 10-year benchmark 7.38 per cent 2015 paper yield closed at 6.65 per cent.
- Call rates ruled easy at 4.70 per cent, while reverse repo bids were at Rs 23,000 crore.
- Gilt prices may rule volatile with the announcement of the government borrowing programme on Monday.
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