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.