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Falling for the second straight day, the rupee depreciated further by 7 paise to 65.12 against the dollar in early trade today on increased demand for the US currency from importers.

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Falling for the second straight day, the rupee depreciated further by 7 paise to 65.12 against the dollar in early trade today on increased demand for the US currency from importers.<br />
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Forex dealers said dollar&#39;s weakness against other currencies in global markets also weighed, but a higher opening in the domestic equity market capped the losses.<br />
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The rupee fell 25 paise to 65.05 against the dollar in yesterday&#39;s trade on fresh dollar demand from banks.<br />
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Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex was trading higher by 73.30 points, or 0.26%, to 27,380.13 in early deals.

Rupee turns weaker, down 7 paise vs dollar in early trade

Dollar's weakness against other currencies in global markets weighed on the rupee

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