The Indian rupee appreciated by 14 paise to 74.59 towards the US greenback in opening commerce on Tuesday, supported by constructive home equities.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the native unit opened at 74.65 towards the US greenback after which inched larger to 74.59 towards the dollar, registering an increase of 14 paise over its earlier shut.
On Monday, the rupee had settled at 74.73 towards the American forex.
“… the USD-INR Spot pair has consolidated in a narrow range where it is reluctant to cross above 75.00 levels and now could retest 74.65-74.50 levels. Resistance is at 74.85-75.00 levels. The USD-INR spot pair could trade in a range of 74.60-74.90 levels,” Reliance Securities mentioned in a analysis be aware.
On the home fairness market entrance, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex was buying and selling 276.5 factors larger at 48,663.01, and the broader NSE Nifty superior 82.75 factors to 14,567.75.
The greenback index, which gauges the dollar’s energy towards a basket of six currencies, rose 0.13 per cent to 90.92.
“The US dollar index was trading higher this morning in Asian trade tracking the strength of the bond yields,” the analysis be aware mentioned, including that traders are awaiting US Federal Reserve’s financial coverage end result on Wednesday for additional cues.
Brent crude futures, the worldwide oil benchmark, rose 0.53 per cent to USD 66 per barrel.
Foreign institutional traders have been web sellers within the capital market as they offloaded shares value Rs 1,111.89 crore on Monday, based on change information.
