The Indian rupee weakened by 11 paise to trade at Rs 45.32 against the US dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange today, on account of large scale-capital flows towards the year-end.
Dealers said weak sentiments at the stock markets on capital outflows by funds kept pressure on the Indian rupee.
The rupee had ended 13 paise lower at Rs 45.21/22 against the US dollar in yesterday's session.
Meanwhile, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex was down by 167.79 points at 19,074.57 level in the opening trade today.
