More UK retailers in critical financial distress; retail footfall is up today after Boxing Day slump – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsBoxing Day footfall down on UK high streets despite discountsMore drama in the currency markets!India’s currency, the rupee, hit an all-time low today before rebounding – sparking speculation that the Indian central bank was selling dollars via state-run banks to curb the weakness.The Reserve Bank of India “stepped in heavily” near the 85.80 level, which helped the rupee recover, a trader at a foreign bank said.Dollar demand related to maturing non-deliverable forwards (NDF) and currency futures weighed on the rupee on Friday while panic dollar buying from importers compounded the pressure, traders said. Continue reading...

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
More drama in the currency markets!
India’s currency, the rupee, hit an all-time low today before rebounding – sparking speculation that the Indian central bank was selling dollars via state-run banks to curb the weakness.
The Reserve Bank of India “stepped in heavily” near the 85.80 level, which helped the rupee recover, a trader at a foreign bank said.
Dollar demand related to maturing non-deliverable forwards (NDF) and currency futures weighed on the rupee on Friday while panic dollar buying from importers compounded the pressure, traders said. Continue reading...
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