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Rupee strengthens

By our correspondents
December 15, 2017

Rupee extended gains on Thursday as ‘stability factor’ encouraged exporters to offload their export proceeds, dealers said. Rupee was up 43 paisas to close at 110.09 a dollar, stronger than 110.52 on Wednesday.

Dealers said the currency continued to gain strength helped by dollars sale from exporters and positive sentiment in the market. “The rupee is expected to trade around 110, but an IMF’s (International Monetary Fund) statement indicates there will be more currency slide in near future,” said a dealer. Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves fell to $20.686 billion as of December 8 from $20.986 billion on December 5 when the country received $2.5 billion worth of foreign inflows from sale of two sovereign bonds. In the open market, the rupee traded at 109.80/110.30 against the dollar.