Rupee on August 30: Here's how it fared against other currencies

The Indian rupee against the dollar has ended at 73.29 today. The currency rate differs daily and is updated frequently due to change in economic performance, inflation, interest rate differentials, and capital flows. On Monday, the rupee surged to 73.29(provisional) against the US dollar. This was pushed by the strong trend in the domestic equities and a weak performance by the dollar.

The local unit opened strong at 73.46 against the greenback at the interbank forex market. In the day trade, it moved in a range of 73.21 to 73.54. Registering a rise of 40 paise over its previous close, it ended at 73.29 against the American currency.

After hitting a lifetime high of 56,958.27 during the day, Sensex closed at 56,889.76, up 765.04 points or 1.36%. Nifty 50 advanced 225.85 points or 1.35% to end at 16,931.05. The 50-share index scaled an all-time intra-day high of 16,951.50.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, increased 0.22% to $72.54 per barrel.

In the capital market on August 27, foreign institutional investors were net sellers. FPIs offloaded shares worth Rs 778.75 crore, as per exchange data.

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