Rupee to see relief on improving risk appetite, cenbank support
By Nimesh Vora
MUMBAI, Aug 7 (Reuters) -The Indian rupee is expected to open higher on Wednesday on the back of a further recovery in Asian equities, which helped allay fears regarding the fallout of the Japanese yen carry trade.
Non-deliverable forwards indicate rupee INR=IN will open at 83.90-83.92 to the U.S. dollar compared with its previous close of 83.9525.
Shares in Japan rose more than 3%, adding to Tuesday's 9% rally, and have fully recovered from Monday's mauling when concerns over the unwinding of the yen carry trade wrecked havoc. .T
The yen declined to 146.70 to U.S. dollar, having climbed to 141.66 on Monday. The yuan, which has been largely tracking the yen, declined past 7.18.
Currently, the rupee "has a sort of" reverse correlation to the yuan, which in turn is highly correlated to the yen, a currency trader at a bank said.
The recovery on equities is pegging back the yen, and rupee "should hopefully have a bit of a relief", he said.
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday indicated that it is not comfortable to rupee weakening past 84 for now, and that will be added supporting factor, he said.
The RBI on Tuesday likely intervened in the non-deliverable forward market and in the onshore spot market, making sure that the rupee did not decline past 84.
Further, the central bank has directed some large banks to not make aggressive trading bets against the rupee.
FED RATE CUT BETS TRIMMED
The dollar index =USD rose in Asia, boosted by traders trimming down bets on the extent of rate cuts the Federal Reserve will deliver this year.
Amid the pause in the selloff in equities, investors see the Fed cutting rates by 100 basis points over the next three meetings this year, down from 125 bps on Monday.
The "violent market reactions" to last week's disappointing U.S. labour report continued to backtrack, suggesting that the initial response was overdone, ING Bank said in a note.
KEY INDICATORS:
** One-month non-deliverable rupee INRNDFOR= forward at 83.98; onshore one-month forward premium at 7.25 paisa
** Dollar index =USD up at 103.20
** Brent crude futures LCOc1 up 0.1% at $76.6 per barrel
** Ten-year U.S. note yield at 3.91%
** As per NSDL data, foreign investors sold a net $440.4 mln worth of Indian shares on Aug. 5
** NSDL data shows foreign investors bought a net $39.6 mln worth of Indian bonds on Aug. 5
Reporting by Nimesh Vora; Editing by Varun H K
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