Mumbai: The Indian rupee depreciated 24 paise to close at 79.80 against the US dollar on Friday ending the week on a weak note. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee ended at 79.80, as against 79.56 against the US dollar.
“Rupee traded in mixed range in the week between 79.25-79.95 closing the week on a flat but broadly weak note, as dollar index and FII’s selling pressure added resistance to rupee whereas Crude price fall and domestic sector performance along with banks positive momentum gave support to the rupee,” said Jateen Trivedi, VP Research Analyst at LKP Securities.
The dollar index, which gauges the the strength of the greenback against the basket of six major currencies was at 109.273.
Brent crude oil prices were at $94.25 a barrel by the closing of Indian market hours.
Meanwhile, Sensex ended 36.74 points or 0.06 percent up at 58,803.33, and Nifty ended 3.35 points or 0.02 percent down at 17,539.45. Around 1,769 shares have advanced, 1,656 shares declined, and 142 shares remained unchanged.HDFC, ITC, Larsen and Toubro, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank were gainers on the BSE. BSE SmallCap index ended higher, however, BSE MidCap and LargeCap fell.
