Monday, May 28, 2007

Rupee Rises to Nine-Year High on Speculation Global Funds to Buy Shares

(Bloomberg) -- India's rupee advanced to a nine-year
high on speculation overseas investors will buy stocks of local
companies offering shares in the coming weeks.

The currency rose for a second day, breaching 40.50 for the
first time since May 1998, as global funds bought $3.7 billion
more of Indian stocks than they sold this year as of May 24,
surpassing $2.9 billion of purchases in the same period last year,
according to data compiled by Bloomberg. DLF Ltd., a New Delhi-
based real-estate developer, plans to sell as much as $2.4 billion
of shares through an initial public offering starting June 11.


Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News

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