Rupee up 7 paise against USD

Mumbai, Feb 8 (FN Bureau) The Rupee on Monday went up by seven paise to 72.85 against the USD Dollar in the opening trade on selling of US Dollar by banks and exporters, dealers at the Forex Market said. The local unit advanced because of weak dollar against other world currencies amid strong equity market in opening trade. The domestic unit registered days high and low at 72.90 and 72.82 respectively, he added.

Following were the indicative currency rates and travellers’ cheques buying and selling rates per unit on Monday.