Early Trade  

The rupee fell by 38 paise, touching the 71 per US dollar mark in early trade on Tuesday due to weak opening in domestic equities and strengthening of the American currency.

On July 3, the rupee had settled at 68.89 against the US dollar. Easing crude oil prices, positive opening in domestic equities supported the rupee
 

The rupee opened strong at 69.38 at the interbank forex market, then gained further ground and touched 69.36, displaying gains of 8 paise over its last close.
 

The domestic currency closed at a record low of 73.58, down by 24 paise or 0.33 per cent on Thursday, marking its third straight session of losses.

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the domestic currency dropped 43 paise to 73.34 against the US dollar in the early trade

Besides, weakness in the US dollar against some currencies, fresh foreign fund inflows supported the rupee