A packet of U.S. five-dollar bills is inspected at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington March 26, 2015. Photo by Reuters
The U.S. dollar rose slightly against the Vietnamese dong and jumped to an all-time high against the Indian rupee Tuesday afternoon.
Vietcombank raised its rate by 0.08% to VND25,452.
The State Bank of Vietnam hiked its reference rate by 0.08% to VND24,260.
The dollar dropped 0.04% to VND25,720 on the black market.
It has risen against the dong by 4.14% to VND25,452 since the beginning of the year.
The Indian rupee declined to a lifetime low on Tuesday, pressured by the U.S. dollar’s rally against its major peers and on concerns over the Asian country’s slowing growth rate, Reuters reported.
The rupee dipped to a record low of 84.7425 against the dollar, inching past its previous all-time low of 84.7050 hit on Monday.
Its Asian peers were mostly weaker, with the offshore Chinese yuan dropping to its lowest in a year, while the dollar index rose to 106.50 on back of weakness in the euro.
