Rupee seen down on oil payments

Published on Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 08:32 |  Source : Reuters

Updated at Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 08:40  

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Rupee seen down on oil payments

The rupee is likely to open lower on Thursday as dollar demand from oil importers is expected to remain strong.

* Traders said the rupee should open around 49.32 to the dollar and move between 49.20 and 49.50. It closed at 49.22/23 on Wednesday.

* India imports nearly 80 percent of the oil it consumes and refiners are the biggest buyers of dollars in the currency market.

* At 0239 GMT, the MSCI index of Asian stocks ex-Japan was down 0.7%, while the Nifty India stock futures in Singapore was little changed.

  

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