{"id":6591,"date":"2024-06-03T09:18:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T03:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwcindia.in\/blog\/\/?p=6591"},"modified":"2024-08-31T11:05:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T05:35:19","slug":"fx-weekly-currency-score-week-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwcindia.in\/blog\/fx-weekly-currency-score-week-23\/","title":{"rendered":"FX &#8211; WEEKLY UPDATE :"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>FX Weekly Currency Score Week 23<\/h1>\r\n<p><b>Weekly SYNOPSIS: 31\/05\/2024<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Currency Map:<\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>Currency Pairs<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>MONTH CLOSE<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>APRIL CLOSE<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>% change<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>USD\/INR<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>83.42<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>83.42<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>0<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>EUR\/INR<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>90.12<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>89.34<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>0.87<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>GBP\/INR<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>105.92<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>104.64<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>1.22<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>JPY\/INR<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>53.08<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>53.25<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">\r\n<p><b>-0.30<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Brent Crude closed at USD 81.70 VS previous month close of USD 86. Gold closed at USD 2327. Nifty closed at 22530 vs prior month close of 22604. 10 Year G-SEC Yield is now at 7.01%.<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Major developments<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">: USDINR traded in the 83.03-83.54 range in May and closed at 83.42, unchanged for USD m\/m. EUR climbed 0.87% m\/m and GBP climbed 1.22 m\/m against Rupee. Indian benchmark Equity declined 0.3% m\/m. 10 Year G-SEC Yield closed at 7.01%. 1-year fwd premia is at 1.67% p.a.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Indian Q4 GDP climbed 7.8% in Q4 and GDP climbed 8.2% in 2023-24. In Q3, GDP climbed 8.3%. Mfrg climbed 9.9%, Mining grew by 7.4%, construction grew by 9.9% , Agri sector climbed 1.4%\u00a0 Private consumption climbed 4% and Govt consumption climbed 2.5%. Gross capital fixed formation climbed 9%.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Fiscal deficit improved to 5.63% as against budget estimate of 5.8% of GDP. GST collections climbed 10% y\/y to Rs 1.73 lac Cr.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">FX reserves stood at USD 646.6 bn, as on May 24 th. Reserves declined by USD 3.26 bn w\/w.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk164582661\"><\/a><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk119713318\"><\/a><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">In May till date, FPI\u2019S have sold Rs 5433 Cr of Equities and bought Rs 2848 Cr of debt . In\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">FY 23-24, FII\u2019S have net bought Rs 206279 Cr of Equities and have net bought Rs 123120 Cr of debt.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Rupee showed some volatility on intra week basis as it swung between 83.24 and 83.50 range. RBI has till now controlled USDINR movement in a very tight range. It has absorbed FX inflows and stemmed Rupee gains in the past. With USD stagnating against majors, it is difficult to build a bearish narrative for Rupee.\u00a0 USDINR could trade in the broad 82.95-83.50 range in coming period.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk112514357\"><\/a><b>Hedging advise<\/b><b>: Imports be hedged on decline to 83.15\/83.05. Exports be hedged in the 83.45\/83.50 range.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Global developments<\/span><\/b><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk112007602\"><\/a><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk125213904\"><\/a><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk125799795\"><\/a><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk114941239\"><\/a><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk157888732\"><\/a><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk161252759\"><\/a><b>Rally in US Yields and inflation jitters weighed down on asset markets and pulled down crosses. Hawkish comments from Fed members also contributed to paring down of rate cut expectations.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">US GDP climbed 1.3% annualized in Q1 as against estimate of 1.6%, dragged by personal spending which climbed only 2% as against expectation of 2.6%.Higher rates and slower income growth are contributing to drag in personal spending.<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">\u00a0<\/span><a name=\"m_6154171248882571428__Hlk168209217\"><\/a><b>Annually, PCE price index was unchanged at 2.7% yoy. Core PCE price index was unchanged at 2.8% yoy. Both matched expectations.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Personal income rose 0.3% mom or USD 65.3B, matched expectations. Personal spending rose 0.2% mom or USD 39.1B, below expectation of 0.3% mom.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>EU CPI accelerated.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>ECB meeting, US nonfarm payrolls and ISM (mfrg) data will be focus events for the week.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Currency technical levels<\/b><b>: USDINR: 83.05 (Supports), 83.55 (resistance),<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>EURINR:90.90(Resistance),89.<wbr \/>70(Support),<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>GBPINR: Supports: 105.30\/103.90( supports), Resistance:106.35(Resistance).<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>JPYINR: Resistance:54.85, Supports: 52.10 (support).<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Hedging advise<\/b><b>: USDINR imports be hedged on decline to 83.15\/83.05 . EUR nearby receivables be covered in the 90.50-90.90 zone. 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