Infosys Ltd., an Indian IT consulting and outsourcing services giant, has American Depository Receipts listed on the

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Infosys Ltd., an Indian IT consulting and outsourcing services giant, has American Depository Receipts listed on the Nasdaq. Many ADRs listed on U.S. exchanges are for fractional shares. In the case of Infosys, one ADR is equal to one registered share. Find the information for Infosys by logging on to the Google Finance website (google.com/finance) and using the ticker symbol “INFY.”

a. Click on the “Historical Prices” link and find Infosys’ closing price for May 2012. Assume the exchange rate on that day was $/₹53.73 and Infosys shares traded for ₹2,453. Is there an arbitrage opportunity available? If so, how would you take advantage of it?

b. What exchange rate is necessary to eliminate the arbitrage opportunity available in part (a)?

Exchange Rate
The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-0071051606

8th Canadian Edition

Authors: Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield

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