The Indian rupee bounced off early lows on Tuesday after the Reserve
Bank of India was seen selling dollars and as the stock market bounced
off early lows.
At 3:19 p.m, the partially convertible rupee was at 42.93/94 per
dollar, above intraday lows of 42.9725 to a dollar. It closed at
42.87/88 on Monday.
It hit a 13-½ month low of 43.21 in late May.
* Foreigners have dumped $4.7 billion of Indian stocks this year,
pushing the rupee lower by 8 percent. Last year, the rupee rose more
than 12 percent, driven by $17.4 billion of capital inflows into the
record-breaking stock market.
* India's central bank was seen selling dollars around 42.92 per
dollar on Tuesday after the currency weakened in early deals on
concerns foreigners may pull out more from local stocks amid growing
risk aversion
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