Rupee higher, AUDUSD up

Wednesday,   11-Sep-2019   12:21 PM (IST)

The Indian rupee is trading higher at 71.65/66 levels (12:15 pm) in the afternoon deals after touching the high of 71.6425/6525 levels on dollar sales by a foreign banks. Rupee dipped to 71.85/86 levels in early deals today tracking weak Asian units as traders await outcome of key central banks’ policy meetings. Benchmark indices inched higher after a flat open, lifted by gains in metal stocks. At 12:11 PM, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading at 37,324, up 179 points, while the broader Nifty50 was at 11,039, up 36 points. As per the technical indicators, range for USDINR pair for the remaining part of the day may be 71.50-72.10 levels. Rupee has an immediate support at 71.77 levels. A breach of the same may see rupee at 71.92 followed by 72.05 and 72.18 levels. On the positive side rupee is likely to face resistance at 71.57 levels and if it is able to break the same then it may gain up to 71.50 levels followed by 71.36 and 71.22 levels. In the forward segment 1mth, 3mth and 6mth annualized premia are currently trading at 4.26%, 4.14% and 4.22% respectively.

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