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Rupee falls to near one-week low; 53.60-65 solid resistance

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Reuters Delhi, India

Reuters Market Eye - Rupee falls to a near 1-week low in initial trades. Rupee at 53.33/34 after falling to 53.50, vs 53.285/295 last close.

Foreign fund flows continue to be robust with provisional net buy of $160.92 million on Monday in equities.

Pair has initial resistance at 53.37-40 which capped the dollar rebounds last week but sturdier resistance at 53.60-65, a previous support base last week, now turned solid resistance.

Fitch Ratings says India government's commitments, policy moves "encouraging", but implementation remains key.

(Reporting by Subhadip Sircar)

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First Published: Feb 05 2013 | 9:46 AM IST

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