Rupee breaches 72 mark against dollar for the first time ever
Mumbai, Sep 6 : The Indian rupee breached the 72 per US dollar mark for the first time on Thursday. Around 1 p.m., the rupee traded around 72.05 per dollar, against Wednesday's closing of 71.76 per greenback.
According to analysts, the fall in the rupee is due to the Sino-US trade tensions along with high crude oil prices and outflow of foreign funds.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said external factors have caused the depreciation of the rupee.
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BJP leads in 5 of 7 bypoll seats as counting continues; Congress leads in Karnataka’s Bagalkot
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in five out of the seven seats where counting of votes for the by-elections is currently underway, according to early trends.
In Maharashtra’s Baramati, Sunetra Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party is in the lead.
In Karnataka’s Bagalkot constituency, Congress candidate Umesh Meti is ahead.
The counting process is ongoing, and final results are yet to be declared.
