Rupee gains in early trade

The rupee on Thursday strengthened by 10 paise against the US dollar to 56.07 in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, on the back of euro gains against the American currency overseas.

May 30, 2013 10:00 am | Updated November 16, 2021 08:20 pm IST - Mumbai

The rupee on Thursday strengthened by 10 paise against the US dollar to 56.07 in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, on the back of euro gains against the American currency overseas.

Dealers said selling of dollars by exporters and euro’s gains against the American currency mainly supported the rupee.

The rupee had on Wednesday sunk to 10-month lows before closing with 21-paise loss at 56.17, making imports costlier that is likely to worsen government’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) woes and hit the common man hard.

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