At the interbank foreign exchange, the local unit opened at 86.83, before sliding further to 86.88, down 16 paise from Monday’s (February 24’s) close of 86.72.
”The rupee was again sold off on Monday as month-end dollar demand kept rupee lower from a high of 86.56 to 86.75. Due to risk of sentiments, the market is expected to buy dollars to take it higher against the rupee,” Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director, Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP, said.Meanwhile, the domestic equity markets rebounded on Tuesday with the 30-share BSE Sensex rising 117.57 points to 74,571.98 in early trade, while Nifty was up 31.3 points to 22,584.65.
The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, rose 0.03% to 106.62.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, went up 0.51% to 75.16 per barrel in futures trade.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth ₹6,286.70 crore on a net basis on Monday (February 24), according to exchange data.
