RBI revives aggressive pre-market intervention to arrest rupee’s slide, bankers say

The Reserve Bank of India aggressively sold dollars via state-run banks to halt the rupee’s slide after it hit all-time lows. The intervention caused the rupee to surge significantly on the interbank market. This pre-open strategy, last used in March, aims to break a negative feedback loop of depreciation, with sustained oil prices and U.S. yields also pressuring the currency.