Rupee jumps 30 paise to 7524 against US dollar
Mumbai Dec 23 PTI The rupee on Thursday extended its gains and jumped 30 paise to close at 7524 provisional against the US dollar amid a positive trend in domestic equities At the interbank forex market the local unit opened at 7543 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 7522 and a low of 7544 On Wednesday the rupee had appreciated by 5 paise to close at 7554 against the US dollar Meanwhile the dollar index which measures the greenbacks strength against the basket of six currencies rose 003 per cent to 9610 Brent crude futures the global oil benchmark fell 020 per cent to USD 7514 per barrel Foreign institutional investors remained net sellers in the capital market on Wednesday as they offloaded shares worth Rs 82726 crore as per stock exchange data On the domestic equity market front the BSE Sensex ended 38472 points or 068 per cent higher at 5731528 while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 11715 points or 069 per cent to 1707260 PTI DRR DRR ABM ABM
Mumbai Dec 23 PTI The rupee on Thursday extended its gains and jumped 30 paise to close at 7524 provisional against the US dollar amid a positive trend in domestic equities At the interbank forex market the local unit opened at 7543 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 7522 and a low of 7544 On Wednesday the rupee had appreciated by 5 paise to close at 7554 against the US dollar Meanwhile the dollar index which measures the greenbacks strength against the basket of six currencies rose 003 per cent to 9610 Brent crude futures the global oil benchmark fell 020 per cent to USD 7514 per barrel Foreign institutional investors remained net sellers in the capital market on Wednesday as they offloaded shares worth Rs 82726 crore as per stock exchange data On the domestic equity market front the BSE Sensex ended 38472 points or 068 per cent higher at 5731528 while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 11715 points or 069 per cent to 1707260 PTI DRR DRR ABM ABM
