The week started on the bearish note as the rupee fell in terms of dollar in the currency market, dealers said. The rupee shed three paisa versus dollar at Rs 60.93 for buying and selling at Rs 60.94, they said.
The rupee tumbled due to short supply of dollars, they said and added that the rupee may recover its lost ground in the coming days. In the first session of the week, yen rose against other major currencies in Asian trade as investors shunned risk amid heightened concerns about the fallout from US credit market woes, dealers said.
The dollar slipped to 110.52 yen from 110.66 in New York late Friday, when the greenback had fallen sharply against the Japanese unit. The dollar fell below 110 yen Monday in Asia for the first time in a year and a half, as Japanese retail investors pulled out of overseas assets while plummeting Asian stocks promoted speculators to buy yen.
The yen hit 109.85 mark on the EBS platform, the lowest since 108.89 yen marked on May 17, 2006. The euro fell to US $1.4634 from US $1.4673. Renewed concerns over the credit market turmoil, after recent write-downs by major US banks of their assets linked to troubled sub-prime mortgages, were a major force driving yen-buying as well as a broad Asian stock-market rout on Monday, traders said. Signs of tolerance for a strong yen among Tokyo policy makers supported the Japanese currency as well, they said.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said at a regular press conference on Monday morning that a strong yen is "basically good" as it means Japan is valued more highly internationally.
OPEN MARKET RATES: The rupee, somehow managed to gain 22 paisa against euro for buying and selling at Rs 88.84 and Rs 88.94, they said.
The rupee, however, lost three paisa in terms of the dollar for buying at 60.95 and it also dropped by seven paisa for selling at 61.05, dealers said.
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Open Buying Rs 60.95
Open Selling Rs 61.05
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INTERBANK CLOSING RATES: Interbank closing rates for dollar on Monday.
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Buying Rs 60.93
Selling Rs 60.94
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Repo Rates (Yield p a)
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Tenor Low Bid High Bid Low Offer High Offer Average
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Overnight 9.00 9.90 9.25 9.90 9.51
1-Week 9.30 9.50 9.40 9.60 9.45
2-Weeks 9.25 9.40 9.35 9.50 9.38
1-Month 9.15 9.30 9.20 9.35 9.25
2-Months 9.20 9.35 9.30 9.40 9.31
3-Months 9.25 9.35 9.30 9.40 9.33
4-Months 9.30 9.40 9.35 9.45 9.38
5-Months 9.30 9.40 9.35 9.45 9.38
6-Months 9.30 9.45 9.35 9.50 9.40
9-Months 9.35 9.45 9.40 9.50 9.43
1-Year 9.35 9.50 9.40 9.55 9.45
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Call Rates (Yield p a)
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Tenor Low Bid High Bid Low Offer High Offer Average
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Overnight 9.25 9.90 9.40 10.00 9.64
1-Week 9.35 9.60 9.40 9.70 9.51
2-Weeks 9.35 9.65 9.40 9.75 9.54
1-Month 9.40 9.70 9.50 9.80 9.60
2-Months 9.45 9.70 9.55 9.75 9.61
3-Months 9.45 9.75 9.50 9.80 9.63
4-Months 9.50 9.75 9.60 9.80 9.66
5-Months 9.50 9.90 9.65 9.90 9.74
6-Months 9.60 10.00 9.75 10.10 9.86
9-Months 9.75 10.10 10.00 10.25 10.03
1-Year 9.90 10.25 10.10 10.40 10.16
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RUPEE IN LAHORE: The rupee marginally declined by five paisas against the dollar in the open currency market on Monday. The dollar opened positively at Rs 60.95 and Rs 61.00 against the last week closing of Rs 60.90 and Rs 61.00 on buying and selling sides. The opening rate continued overshadowing the market throughout the day.
The rupee showed strength and recovered its earlier loss against the pound sterling whose rate declined from Saturday closing of Rs 126.90 to Rs 126.50 while its selling rate moved down from Rs 127.40 to Rs 126.90.
RUPEE IN ISLAMABAD AND RAWALPINDI: The dollar showed an improvement of 10 paisa against the rupee at the open currency markets of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Monday.
The dollar opened at Rs 60.85 (buying) and Rs 61 (selling) against same overnight value. It did not observe any change in the last trading hours and closed at Rs 60.85 (buying) and Rs 61 (selling).
Pound sterling opened at Rs 127.20 (buying) and Rs 127.40 (selling) against the same overnight value. It did not witness any change in the evening spell and closed at Rs 127.20 (buying) and Rs 127.40 (selling).
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