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The Sterling fell to record lows against most majors

Mon, Sep 1 2008, 14:43 GMT
by ICICI Bank Treasury Research Group

ICICI Bank


  • · The Rupee weakened today because of weak equity market cues and NDF arbitrage. The fall was however restricted by central bank sale of Dollars around the key 44.25 levels. The USD/INR pair ended at 44.17 from 43.93 on Friday.

  • · The 6 - month and 1-year forward premium was at 2.84% and 2.58 % as compared at 3.36% and 2.86 % on Friday.

  • · The Sterling fell to record lows against most majors after British mortgage approvals fell for the 12th straight month and manufacturing sector contracted for the 4th month in a row, further reinforcing Britain’s Finance Minister’s pessimistic view that the economy might face its worst downturn in 60 years. EUR/USD was at 1.4623 from 1.4734 on Friday and GBP/USD was at 1.8010 from 1.8283 on Friday. USD/JPY was at 107.94 versus 108.75 on Friday. *

*These levels are taken at 17:30 IST.


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