Rupee dearer by fifty paisa against $

DF Bureau, Mombai:

The Indian rupee gained in the early trade on Thursday. It opened higher by 51 paise at 70.11 per dollar on Thursday versus against previous close 70.62.

Rupee strengthened against the US dollar and extended gains in the latter half of the session ahead of the important preliminary GDP number that was released from the US. In the last couple of sessions rally in domestic equities is also supporting the rupee with FIIs also turning net buyers after remaining sellers in September and October, said Motilal Oswal.

This month until now FIIs have poured in around USD 900 million of funds in equity and debt segment keeping the momentum positive for the currency. Today, USD-INR pair is expected to quote in the range of 70.20 and 70.80, it added.