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Rupee tumbles to all-time low of 54.99
Source: PTI May 21, 2012 17:28 IST
The rupee on Monday tumbled to an all-time low of 54.99 a dollar, just one paise short of the psychological 55 level in pre-close trade due to increased demand for the American currency from banks and importers.
The local unit resumed lower at 54.70 a dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market and plunged to a new all-time low of 54.99 against the US dollar at 1640
hours.
Forex dealers said fresh dollar demand from banks and particularly, month-end demand from oil importers despite weakness of the dollar in the overseas market pulled down the rupee.
Meanwhile, the BSE benchmark Sensex erased most of the day's gains and settled 30.51 points higher at 16,183.26.
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