Rupee Surges 3 Paise To Finish At 72.46 Towards US Greenback

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2021-02-23T16:21:44+05:30

The rupee slipped from the day’s highest degree however managed to eke out a marginal achieve of three paise at 72.46 (provisional) towards the US greenback on Tuesday, monitoring muted home equities and a stronger buck towards key rivals.

On the interbank foreign exchange market, the native unit opened at 72.36 towards the US greenback and witnessed an intra-day excessive of 72.31 and a low of 72.46.

It lastly ended at 72.46 a greenback, registering an increase of three paise from its earlier shut.

On Monday, the rupee had settled at 72.49 towards the American foreign money.

In the meantime, the greenback index, which gauges the buck’s energy towards a basket of six currencies, superior 0.16 per cent to 90.15.

On the home fairness market entrance, the BSE Sensex ended 7.09 factors or 0.01 per cent greater at 49,751.41, whereas the broader NSE Nifty superior 32.10 factors or 0.22 per cent to 14,707.80.

International institutional buyers have been internet sellers within the capital market as they offloaded shares value Rs 893.25 crore on Monday, based on change information.

Brent crude futures, the worldwide oil benchmark, rose 0.90 per cent to USD 65.83 per barrel.

With PTI Inputs