Forex dealers said some capital inflows and a weak dollar overseas helped the local currency make an attempt to arrest its fall.
The rupee opened a tad lower at 54.27 from Friday's close of 54.26 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market and immediately touched a high of 54.24 on initial rally in domestic stocks amid sustained dollar selling by exporters.
However, it turned negative after weakness in equities in late morning deals and declined further to a low of 54.79 before concluding at 54.77, a fall of 51 paise, or 0.94 per cent.
In the last three sessions, rupee had gained 147 paise, or 2.64 per cent.
"The rupee's decline today was mainly due to domestic factors such as dollar demand from oil importers and a few gold-related
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