CAPITALSTARS FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMPANY |
On the economy front, the RBI released its MPC meet minutes on Feb 21, 2019. The apex bank, in its final bi-monthly monetary policy review for FY19, decided to cut the repo rate by 25bps to 6.25% and changed its policy stance to "neutral" from calibrated tightening earlier.
The rupee ended lower by 11 paise at 71.24/$ on Thursday as rising oil prices and a strengthening greenback weighed on market sentiment.
Meanwhile, the Sensex gained 13 points to 35,914, while the Nifty was up 3 points at 10,786.
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reference rate for the dollar stood at Rs71.15, while for the Euro, it was at Rs80.62. The RBI’s reference rate for the Yen stood at Rs64.24; the reference rate for Great Britain Pound (GBP) was Rs92.72.