RBI likely sold dollars via state-run banks to cap rupee fall: dealers

The rupee is heading for a sixth straight-session slump

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Last Updated : Nov 13 2013 | 11:31 AM IST
The Reserve Bank of India is likely to have stepped in to prop up the rupee via state-run banks, from falling further after it opened at a nine-week low of 63.90 to the dollar, traders said.

The rupee was trading at 63.76/77 versus its close of 63.71/72 on Tuesday.

The rupee is heading for a sixth straight-session slump, tracking the unexpected quickening of retail inflation in October, sparking rate hike fears as well as concerns over tapering of the dollar-swap window for oil firms.

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India's annual consumer price inflation for October rose 10.09% on the back of high food and fuel prices, government data showed on Tuesday.

The rupee has already shed around 3.3% over the last five sessions.

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First Published: Nov 13 2013 | 10:52 AM IST

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