The Indian rupee weakened by 12 paise to 61.91touching the US dollar
in early do business at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market due to order for
the US currency from importers.
Forex dealers said besides dollar's gains in opposition to other currencies
overseas, improved demand from importers for the American currency also put anxiety
on the rupee. However, a higher opening of the familial equity market capped
the fall, they said.
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The rupee had gained 16 paise to seal at over one-week high of 61.79 aligned
with the US dollar on Tuesday after exporters sold the American currency as the
forex and money markets remained closed on Wednesday for "Christmas".
Temporarily, the BSE Sensex improved by 54.38 points, or 0.25 per cent, to
21,087.09 in near the beginning trade on Thursday.
