KARACHI: The Pak Rupee fell by 10 paisas against dollar Monday amid higher demand import payment, dealers said.
The rupee ended Rs160.07 to the dollar from last Friday’s closing of Rs159.97 in interbank foreign exchange market.
Currency analysts said that the market opened after weekly holiday which increased the demand for import payment.
They said that the rupee also improved with shrinking trade deficit.
The trade deficit shrank by 25.68 percent to $19.49 billion during July – April 2019/2020 as compared with the deficit of $26.23 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The exports in first ten months (July – April) 2019/2020 also fell by four percent to $18.41 billion as compared with $19.16 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
