Rupee unmoved before key US data, election; premiums rise
By Nimesh Vora
MUMBAI, Oct 30 (Reuters) -The Indian rupee was flat against the dollar on Wednesday in the run up to important U.S. data and presidential election, while forward premiums rose in response to the dip in U.S. Treasury yields.
The rupee INR=IN was at 84.0750 to the U.S. dollar at 10:50 a.m. IST, unchanged from the previous session. Other Asian currencies were mostly weaker, the dollar index =USD was slightly higher and Indian equities dropped.
The U.S. September core PCE data is due on Thursday followed by the October jobs report the following day. The U.S. election is on Nov. 5.
"The U.S. election holds major implications... for all markets and there will be a lot of nervousness till that is out of the way," a currency trader at a bank said.
The rupee "right now is not going anywhere", but it would be a mistake to position counting on this stability to continue post the U.S. election outcome, he said.
The odds of former President Donald Trump winning have risen in recent days, a development which has pushed the dollar higher and lifted U.S. Treasury yields.
Still, the odds of Trump winning are only slightly more than a coin toss.
"Even if it looks like they now assign a higher probability to a Trump win and a Republican sweep, there is still a lot of uncertainty," Capital Economics said in a note.
"We judge that there is ample scope for a sizeable move (across markets) in the days after the election."
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which has been pushing higher on bets of a Trump win, pulled back on Tuesday amid a soft U.S. job openings data.
Tracking the decline in U.S. yields, the dollar/rupee forward premiums rose with the 1-year implied yield up 3 basis points at 2.28%.
Reporting by Nimesh Vora
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