MUMBAI, OCT 5: The Indian rupee today went up by 22 paise to close at a seven-week high of 65.29 per dollar on persistent selling of the American currency by banks and exporters.
The rupee opened higher at 65.25 per dollar as against the last weekend’s close of 65.51 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market and firmed up further to 65.19 before ending at 65.29, showing a gain of 22 paise.
The RBI fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 65.2905 and for the euro at 73.3931.
The rupee strengthened further against the pound sterling to finish at 99.18 from the last weekend’s level of 99.23 while dropped against the Euro to 73.32 from 73.09.
However, it recovered against the Japanese currency to settle at 54.30 per 100 yen from 54.71 last week.
