Photo: MintMumbai: The Indian rupee on Tuesday closed stronger against the US dollar tracking gains in the local equity markets and fall in international prices of crude oil. The rupee closed at 68.66 a dollar, up 0.17% from its previous close of 68.78. India’s benchmark Sensex index closed at 26,394.01 points, up 0.17% or 43.84 points from its previous close. Japanese yen was down 0.58%, Thai Baht 0.44%, Taiwan dollar 0.26%, Singapore dollar 0.23%, Indonesian rupiah 0.21%, Malaysian ringgit 0.05%. The dollar index, which measures the US currency’s strength against major currencies, was trading at 101.26, down 0.05% from its previous close of 101.33.

Source: Mint November 29, 2016 03:53 UTC