USDINR opened at 82.37 y\u2019day and the pair traded in the 82.36-82.55 range. Spot USDINR closed at 82.51,\u00a0gain of 29 ps for USD as against prior close of 82.22.<\/strong><\/p>\n
RBI reference rate was fixed at 82.45 on 06\/07.\u00a0July USD\/INR closed at 82.51, gain of 17 ps for USD as compared to prior day\u2019s close of 82.34. July Euro\/INR closed at 89.92, GBP\/INR at 105.28 and Yen\/INR at 57.63. 1 year USDINR fwd premia was trading at around 1.62% p.a.\u00a0\u00a0FX reserves declined USD 3 bn last week as compared to prior week and stood at USD 593 bn as on\u00a0June23 rd.<\/strong><\/p>\n
In June ,FII\u2019S have bought Rs 75450 Cr of Equities and sold Rs 2650 Cr of debt . In\u00a02022-23 fiscal year, FII\u2019S have net sold Rs 27593 Cr of Equities and have net bought Rs 838 Cr of debt.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Benchmark Nifty climbed 99 points (0.51%) y\u2019day. US S&P declined 35 points (0.79%) . Nikkei declined 1.7% and Hang seng declined 3.17%.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Euro closed at 1.0889, Pound at 1.2738, Yen at 144.05.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Commodities:<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>Gold is now at USD 1917 and WT1Crude at USD 72\/Brent at USD 76.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Interest<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0rates<\/strong>: USD 10 Yr yield is at 4.04% and 3 m libor closed at 5.55%. Indian 10 yr benchmark yield closed at 7.14%.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Economic\u00a0news: Indian PMI(services) eased to 58.5 from May high of 61.2. PMI(mfrg) remained robust at 57.8. June GST collection grew 12% Y\/Y to 1,61,497 CR.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Rupee declined on PSU banks buying of USD towards Govt external debt payment.<\/strong><\/p>\n
US ADP private employment grew 497k in June, well above expectation of 250k.\u00a0As a consequence of strong data, US Yields pushed higher with 10 Year yield breaching 4%. Equity markets tumbled, but USD remained indecisive.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Focus is on US jobs data and earnings.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Data highlights:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 US Weekly jobless claims eas reported at 248k, ISM (services) was stronger than expected at 53.1 and ADP employment report showed that private sector added 497 k jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n
-German factory orders climbed 6.4% m\/m. EU retail sales was flat m\/m.<\/strong><\/p>\n
-UK PMI(construction) declined to 48.9.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s calendar\u00a0: \u2013 US nonfarm payrolls<\/strong><\/p>\n