Rupee poised for some relief on softer dollar, portfolio flows
Live MintBy Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI, Nov 25 - The Indian rupee may log mild gains on Monday helped by a pullback in the U.S. dollar and portfolio inflows on account of the rebalancing of MSCI's global equity indexes. The dollar index rose to its highest level in two years on Friday but dipped 0.5% at Monday's market open to 106.9 after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate Scott Bessent as the U.S. Treasury secretary. Expectations of some inflows, a broadly weaker dollar and the RBI's stiff defence are supportive of the rupee, but merchant dollar demand could keep gains shallow, a trader at a state-run bank said. KEY INDICATORS: ** One-month non-deliverable rupee forward at 84.50; onshore one-month forward premium at 12 paisa ** Dollar index at 106.8 ** Brent crude futures down 0.2% at $75 per barrel ** Ten-year U.S. note yield at 4.35% ** As per NSDL data, foreign investors bought a net $157mln worth of Indian shares on Nov. 21