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Rupee extends losses as corporate dollar sales dry up

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Last Updated : Sep 09 2014 | 1:55 PM IST

Reuters Market Eye - The rupee extends losses to trade at 60.52/53 versus Monday's close of 60.29/30. Traders say dollar selling by corporates, seen earlier in the day, has dried up.

State-run banks continue to buy the greenback, likely on behalf of their importer clients.

Dollar scales to a 14-month high against a basket of currencies after a Federal Reserve study makes investors reassess prospects for higher U.S. interest rates.

Index of the dollar against six majors is up 0.2 percent.

Traders expect resistance for the pair at around 60.55 levels.

Most Asian currencies trading weaker compared with the dollar.

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Traders will continue to monitor foreign fund flows for direction. The Nifty <.NSEI> is trading down 0.5 percent.

(Reporting by Swati Bhat)

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First Published: Sep 09 2014 | 1:49 PM IST

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