The rupee on Wednesday advanced by 21 paise to close at 69.15 against the US currency in line with uptrend in domestic equities. At the forex market, the rupee opened at 69.40 a dollar and advanced to a high of 69.07 during the day. It finally settled at 69.15 — up 21 paise against its previous close of 69.36.

The Financial Benchmark India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the reference rate for the rupee/dollar at 69.3398 and for rupee/euro at 79.0525. The reference rate for rupee/British pound was fixed at 88.4161 and for rupee/100 Japanese yen at 64.81.

Meanwhile, the 10-year government bond yield was at 6.93 per cent on Wednesday.

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