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Financial Express Kochi
|December 05, 2025
ANALYSTS SEE CURRENCY’S DEEP UNDERVALUATION COULD REVIVE FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INFLOWS INTO EQUITIES
AFTER BREACHING THE 90-per-dollarmark, the rupee may finally be cheap enough to tempt investors back.Analysts at Elara Capital and Yes Securities say the currency’s sharp undervaluation has historically preceded a revival in foreign portfolio inflows.
Elara analysts led by Garima Kapoor said the nation’s 40-currency real effective exchange rate, or REER, was 97.47 in October — just under one standard deviation below its historical average — and added that equity inflows typically pick up pace one to two quarters after this gauge bottoms out. A value below 100 means the currency is undervalued relative to its peers.
This story is from the December 05, 2025 edition of Financial Express Kochi.
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