Reuters Market Eye - The rupee is higher in early trades at 54.45 compared with its previous close of 54.58/59, tracking positive regional currencies.
Pair may found some support from buying by oil companies with a 54.25-54.55 band tipped for the day.
Foreign funds have been sellers in Indian equities and debt for most of April after heavy purchases earlier in the year.
The yen bobbed around a nearly four-year low against the dollar on Wednesday, with strategists expecting the Japanese currency to break below the 100-yen level on the burst of momentum created by the Bank of Japan's most ambitious monetary expansion campaign announced last week.
(Reporting by Subhadip Sircar)
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