The rupee on Tuesday opened 20 paise down at 71.81 against the US dollar on account of buying in American currency by banks and importers.USD/INR touched intraday low of 71.72 and high of 71.97. The rupee settled lower by 16 paise at 71.77 against dollar. Nifty lost 185.90 points or 1.69% to settle at 10817.60 and Sensex slipped 642.22 points or 1.73% to settle at 36481.09 levels.
The Rupee was trading at 79.13 as against Euro. The currency pair EUR/INR opened at 78.83, which was previously close at 79.02. The Currency pair GBP/INR and JPY/INR were trading at 89.08 and 0.66 respectively. The other currencies pairs ZAR/INR, MYR/INR, SAR/INR and AED/INR were trading at 4.85, 17.12, 19.13 and 19.53 subsequently.
The USD/JPY was trading at 107.14. The currency pair EUR/USD was trading at 1.10. The paired currency EUR/JPY was trading at 119.30. Elsewhere, the currency pair GBP/USD was trading at 1.24. The other currencies pairs AUD/USD, NZD/USD, MYR/USD and SAR/USD were trading at 0.68, 0.63, 0.24 and 0.27 respectively.