Dollar weakens to Rs163.97

Dollar weakens to Rs163.97

KARACHI: The US dollar on Wednesday weakened against the Pak Rupee to Rs163.97 as sufficient supply was seen in the currency market.

The rupee gained six paisas to close at Rs163.97 to the dollar from previous day’s closing of Rs164.03 in interbank foreign exchange market.

Currency experts said that the market witnessed sufficient supply of the foreign currency to meet demand for import and corporate payments.

They said that the sentiments were remained positive in the market due to escalating economic activities.

The experts said that the exports registered 18.24 percent growth to $1.873 billion during September 2020 as compared with $1.58 billion in August 2020.

They hoped that present positivity in the market would help the local unit to make gain further against the greenback.