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The rupee continued its downslide for the third straight session in line with weakness in local equities and dropped by 14 paise to record its fresh three-week closing low of 60.37 against the Greenback.
Dollar demand from importers, mainly oil refiners, also kept the rupee under pressure. Capital outflows too weighed negatively on the market sentiment while weak dollar overseas restricted the rupee fall to some extent.
The dollar index, a gauge of six major global rivals, was down by 0.10 pct.
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit resumed lower at 60.30 a dollar from previous close of 60.23 and moved in a range of 60.20 and 60.43 before concluding at 60.37, revealing a fall of 14 paise or 0.23 per cent.
The Indian benchmark S&P BSE Sensex on Wednesday plunged by 207.70 points or 0.92 per cent while FIIs pulled out Rs 21.63 crore on Tuesday, as per provisional data with stock exchanges.
Meanwhile, March retail inflation, based on all India general Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 8.31 pct from 8.03 pct in February.
Mr. Pramit Brahmbhatt, Veracity Group CEO said,"Rupee continued to trade weak for the third consecutive day taking cues from the weak domestic stock markets as FIIs were seen selling their stocks mainly because of the weak data released in recent days. To end the day Rupee closed down by almost quarter per cent. The trading range for the Spot rupee is expected to be within 59.75 to 60.75." .
Forward dollar premium softened further on sustained receivings by exporters.
The benchmark six-month premium payable in September declined to 224.5-226.5 paise from 227-229 paise previously.
Far forward contracts maturing in March, 2015 eased to 465-467 paise from 466.5-468.5 paise.
The Reserve Bank of India fixed the reference rate for dollar at 60.2263 and for the euro at 83.2910.
The rupee dropped further against the pound to 101.37 from 100.72 previously while fell back against the euro to 83.55 from 83.12.
It also turned negative to close down at 59.03 per 100 Japanese yen from 59.13.
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