Weakness of dollar in the New York market yesterday also boosted the rupee value against the dollar, a forex dealer said. At New York market yesterday, dollar slumped against Mexican peso and a host of other emerging-market currencies.
The rupee resumed higher at 66.46 as against the yesterday's closing level at 66.50 per dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market and moved in a range of 66.43 and 66.49 before closing at the same opening level of 66.46, showing a gain of 4 paise or 0.06 per cent.
The dollar index was trading up by 0.05 per cent as against a basket of six currencies in late afternoon trade.
Meanwhile, the RBI fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 66.4482 and euro at 74.4552.
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In cross-currency trades, the rupee dropped further against the pound sterling to end at 86.52 as compared to 86.20 and continued to rule firm against euro to 74.51 from 74.73.
In cross-currency trades, the rupee firmed up further
against the pound sterling to settle at 85.26 from 85.28 in previous close. But it fell back against the euro to finish at 72.92 as compared to 72.53 previously. It also drifted down against the Japanese yen to conclude at 61.22 from 60.66 per 100 yens earlier.
The outflows on account of selling by foreign investors and hedge funds remained unabated for the fourth straight week with USD 737.49 million of outflows from equities and debt markets.
In the forward market, premium for dollar edged up further due to sustained paying pressure from corporates.
The benchmark six-month premium for April rose to 103-105 paise from 99-103 paise and the far-forward October 2017 contract also firmed up to 251-253 paise from 248-252 paise from 230-233 last weekend.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex rose nearly 34 points to close at 26,350.17, while the broder Nifty added 12.60 pts to 8,126.90.