The rupee gained significantly and was trading strong at 60.09 per dollar at 4.27 p.m. local time on the back of inflows into the domestic equity market.

It hovered in the range of 60.08 and 60.21 against the dollar in the afternoon trade.

The Sensex and the Nifty wiped off their early losses and were trading marginally in the green at the pre-close session on Wednesday amid weak European cues.

At 3.05 p.m., the 30-share BSE index Sensex was trading at 26,103, up 100.69 points and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was trading at 7,794.70, up 46 points.

The domestic unit opened weak by 6 paise at 60.20 per dollar against the previous close of 60.14 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market today due to month-end dollar demand from oil importers.

Forex dealers said that it is likely to trade range-bound during the week in the absence of any major events.

Besides, dollar’s gains against other currencies overseas and a lower opening in the domestic equity market also put pressure on the local unit in the morning trade, the dealers said.

The rupee had weakened by 4 paise to end at nearly a one-week low of 60.14 against the dollar on Monday. Forex market remained closed yesterday on account of 'Id-ulFitr'.

Call rates, bond yields

The inter-bank call money rate, the rate at which banks borrow short-term funds from one another to tide over liquidity mismatches, opened higher at 8.55 per cent against the previous close of 8.8 per cent.

Yield on the 10-year benchmark bond 8.4 per cent, maturing in 2024, opened higher at 8.45 per cent from its previous close of 8.43 per cent.

Yield on the widely traded 8.83 per cent government bond maturing in 2023 (previous benchmark) hardened to 8.74 per cent from the previous close of 8.7 per cent.

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