At 9.10am, the home currency was trading at 66.72 a dollar, up 0.03% from its previous close of 66.74. The dollar index, which measures the US currency’s strength against major currencies, was trading at 95.215, up 0.16% from its previous close of 95.064. Mumbai: The Indian rupee on Wednesday was trading marginally higher against the US dollar, ahead of introduction of GST Amendment bill in upper house of parliament due later on Wednesday. Malaysian ringgit was down 0.69%, ¥0.34%, South Korean won 0.18%, Indonesian rupiah 0.15%, Singapore dollar 0.1%, Taiwan dollar 0.07%, China Offshore spot 0.05%. This was the seventh consecutive session when the rupee is trading higher.

Source: Mint August 03, 2016 03:56 UTC