Falling for the third day in a row, the rupee weakened additional by 16 paise to finish at 75.52 towards the US foreign money on Tuesday, weighed down by a robust dollar within the abroad market and agency crude oil costs.
At the interbank international alternate market, the native foreign money opened at 75.41 and witnessed an intra-day excessive of 75.16 and a low of 75.66 towards the US greenback within the day commerce.
The native unit lastly settled at 75.52 a greenback, down 16 paise over its earlier shut.
On Monday, the rupee slid by 37 paise to shut at a 15-month low of 75.36 towards the US greenback.
Brent crude futures, the worldwide oil benchmark, superior 0.29 per cent to USD 83.89 per barrel.
The greenback index, which gauges the dollar”s power towards a basket of six currencies, was buying and selling 0.02 per cent up at 94.33.
“The Indian rupee touched a low of 75.67, a level last seen on June 25, 2020. The dollar index stayed calm while dollar demand from oil importers and hedgers dragged the rupee lower. Market participants should keep eye on crude oil, Dollar index and US Treasury yields for short term movement,” stated Dilip Parmar, Research Analyst, HDFC Securities.
Parmar additional stated that the medium-term development for USD/INR stays bullish whereas short-term revenue reserving can’t be dominated out after vertical rise. “The pair is having support in the area of 75.30 to 75, while continue to face resistance in the range of 75.90 to 76,” he famous.
On the home fairness market entrance, the BSE Sensex ended 148.53 factors or 0.25 per cent increased at 60,284.31, whereas the broader NSE Nifty superior 46.00 factors or 0.26 per cent to 17,991.95.
Foreign institutional traders had been web sellers within the capital market on Monday as they offloaded shares price Rs 1,303.22 crore, as per alternate information.
(PTI)