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Indian rupee poised to weaken after central bank pulls 2,000-rupee notes

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Last updated: 2023/05/22 at 12:43 AM
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By Nimesh Vora

MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee is expected to open weaker against the U.S. dollar after the central bank said it will withdraw the highest value currency note from circulation.

Non-deliverable forwards indicate rupee will open at around 82.80-82.84 to the dollar, compared to 82.66 in the previous session.

On Friday, the Reserve Bank of India said it will withdraw its highest denomination 2,000-rupee note from circulation.

The impact on the rupee from RBI’s step will be felt through the drop in forwards, analysts said.

The forward premiums, which are already low, are expected to decline further with rupee money market rates likely to drop significantly on account of excess liquidity that RBI’s move will lead to, said Abhiskek Goenka, CEO at FX advisory firm IFA Global.

“Rupee would come under pressure” alongside the fall in the cost of carry (the forward premiums), Goenka said.

“Conducting sell/buy swaps (on USD/INR) would address cash dollar shortage and suck out rupee liquidity and could offer respite.” he said.

“82.90 has been an important resistance for the pair. It will be interesting to see if the RBI puts a cap here.”

In contrast to the rupee, other Asian currencies were mostly higher after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck a moderately dovish stance, contrary to market expectations.

Powell said on Friday it is still unclear if U.S. interest rates will need to rise further.

“After Powell’s speech, market pricing is firmly back to thinking the Fed will pause,” Chris Weston, head research at Melbourne-based Pepperstone said in an email.

Odds of a rate hike at the June meeting, which had been moving up in recent days in view of the resilient U.S. data, were down back to less than 10%.

The was down to 103.02. The Korean won led Asian currencies higher.

KEY INDICATORS: ** One-month non-deliverable rupee forward at 82.90; onshore one-month forward premium at 9.25 paisa ** USD/INR NSE May futures settled on Friday at 82.7450 ** USD/INR May forward premium at 2 paisa ** Dollar index down at 103.02 ** futures down 0.7% at $75.1 per barrel ** Ten-year U.S. note yield at 3.65% ** SGX Nifty nearest-month futures down 0.1% at 18,213 ** As per NSDL data, foreign investors bought a net $218.8 mln worth of Indian shares on May 18

** NSDL data shows foreign investors sold a net $20.6 mln worth of Indian bonds on May 18

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