Indian rupee declined against the greenback in morning trade on Monday. Rupee was lower by 0.03 paise or 0.06% against USD to Rs 48.72 compared to previous close of 48.69 (9.25 a.m.).
At 9.26 a.m., the Sensex was trading up 166.13 points or 0.94% at 17,771.09 with 27 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading lower by 44.40 points or 0.83% at 5,281.45 with 7 components falling.
In the spot market, the Dollar Index increased 0.35% to 79.22. It touched a high of 79.27 and a low of 79.01 after opening at 79.04 (22:48 ET).
Euro - USD was trading at 1.30 down 0.5043% while USD - Japanese Yen was trading at 76.66 up 0.0842% (22:42 ET).
Source : myiris.com