MUMBAI, OCT 7: The Indian rupee today gained 46 paise to close at an eight-week high of 64.95 against the US dollar on fresh selling of the American currency by banks and exporters on persistent foreign capital inflows into domestic equities.
The rupee opened higher at 65.29 per dollar as against yesterday’s level of 65.41 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market and firmed up further to close at an 8-week high of 64.95, showing a gain of 46 paise.
The rupee had last ended at 64.78 per dollar on August 12, 2015.
The RBI fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 65.2571 and for the Euro at 73.4664.
The rupee moved down against the pound sterling to finish at 99.41 from 99.17 yesterday while hardened against the Euro to 73.13 from 73.38.
It also recovered against the Japanese currency to settle at 54.08 per 100 yen from 54.37.
