Rupee sheds 10 paise against USD ahead of macro data

Press Trust of India  |  Mumbai 

The depreciated by 10 paise to 67.52 against the US in early trade today ahead of release of key IIP and data.

Dealers attributed the rupee's fall to fresh demand for the US but a higher opening in domestic stocks limited the fall.

Major currencies were mostly weak against the US overseas as a historic US-summit got underway in

Yesterday, the had ended 8 paise higher at 67.42 against the US currency, cutting short its two-day decline.

Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex was trading higher by 84.35 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 35,567.82 in opening deals.

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First Published: Tue, June 12 2018. 09:40 IST