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TMI BlogRupee plunges 30 paise to 86.56 against US dollar in early tradeX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Rupee plunges 30 paise to 86.56 against US dollar in early trade X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and a weak American currency, the looming worldwide trade war continued to stoke fears of global economic meltdown, fuelling withdrawal of foreign funds with the stock markets remaining shell-shocked. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 86.52 and hit the low of 86.60 before strengthening a tad to 86.56 against the greenback in early deals, still sharply lower by 30 paise from ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the previous closing level. On Tuesday, the unit crashed 50 paise to settle at 86.26 against the dollar. This was the steepest single-day decline for the rupee since January 13, when it lost 66 paise. In the preceding two sessions on Monday and Friday, the rupee lost 32 paise and 14 paise, respectively. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of si ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... x currencies, was trading 0.59 per cent lower at 102.09. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, declined 3.63 per cent to its record low level of USD 60.50 per barrel in futures trade. On the domestic macroeconomic front, investors are awaiting the Reserve Bank of India's policy decisions. The RBI's monetary policy committee, headed by Governor Sanjay Malhotra began its three-day deliberations ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on key interest rates on Monday and is scheduled to announce the outcome on Wednesday. Stock market benchmarks that rebounded from record low levels in the previous session were again trading lower with the 30-share BSE Sensex falling 433.92 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 73,793.16, while the Nifty quoting 158.60 points, or 0.70 per cent, down at 22,377.25 points. On Monday, both the indices cr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ashed over 5 per cent before closing nearly 3 per cent lower.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 4,994.24 crore on a net basis on Tuesday, according to exchange data. PTI HVA DR X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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