Forex dealers said that besides sustained selling of the greenback by banks and exporters, the dollar’s weakness against other currencies overseas led to the rupee upmove at the inter-bank foreign exchange.
However, a markedly sluggish trend in early trade in the domestic equity market kept the gains on a tight leash.
The local currency had gained 3 paise to close at 66.82 yesterday.
Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex plunged 201.20 points, or 0.71 per cent, to 27,890.22 in early trade.
PTI